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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825613003321

Titolo

Uganda : the dynamics of neoliberal transformation / / edited by Jörg Wiegratz, Giuliano Martiniello and Elisa Greco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2018

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22372-7

1-78699-111-X

1-78699-110-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 pages)

Collana

Politics and development in contemporary Africa

Disciplina

338.96761

Soggetti

Economic development - Uganda

Neoliberalism - Uganda

Political economy

Uganda Economic conditions 1979-

Uganda Economic policy

Uganda Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The state, donors and development aid -- Economic restructuring and social services -- Extractivism and enclosures -- Race, culture and commoditisation.

Sommario/riassunto

For the last three decades, Uganda has been one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Globally praised as an 'African success story' and heavily backed by international financial institutions, development agencies and bilateral donors, the country has become an exemplar of economic and political reform for those who espouse a neoliberal model of development. The neoliberal policies and the resulting restructuring of the country have been accompanied by narratives of progress, prosperity, and modernisation and justified in the name of development. But this self-celebratory narrative, which is critiqued by many in Uganda, masks the disruptive social impact of these reforms and silences the complex and persistent crises resulting from



neoliberal transformations. Bringing together a range of leading scholars on the country, this collection represents a timely contribution to the debate around the 'New Uganda', one which confronts the often sanitized and largely depoliticized accounts of the Museveni government and its proponents. Harnessing a wealth of empirical materials, the contributors offer a critical, multi-disciplinary analysis of the unprecedented political, socio-economic, cultural and ecological transformations brought about by neoliberal capitalist restructuring since the 1980s. The result is the most comprehensive collective study to date of a neoliberal market society in contemporary Africa, offering crucial insights for other countries in the global South.