Capitalist Development In An African Economy

Author : John Sender,Sheila Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136856723

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The Development of Capitalism in Africa by John Sender,Sheila Smith Pdf

First published in 1986, this work challenges underdevelopment analyses of Africa’s past experiences and future prospects, and builds upon a very wide range of recent historical research to argue that the impact of Capitalism has resulted in economic progress and significant improvements in living standards. In marked contrast to the dependency approach, they propose that the important political and economic differences between the experiences of developing countries should be stressed and analysed. The argument is supported by a detailed look at the emergence since 1900 of capitalist social relations of production in nine different countries.

Author : Julius Edo Nyang'oro
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1989-07-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038562190

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The State and Capitalist Development in Africa by Julius Edo Nyang'oro Pdf

This work goes beyond recent analyses of African development to present a post-dependency framework for the study of Africa's political economy. The author argues that, although the contributions of the modernization and dependency frameworks cannot be ignored, recent economic and political adjustments and realignments require a more penetrating analysis--one that takes into account such factors as the overall growth of the economy, the role of the state, parallel markets, and capitalist development in general. An ideal supplemental text for courses in comparative politics, international political economy, and African development, the volume is comparative in approach and covers the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The author begins by discussing the various dimensions--agricultural, environmental, industrial, population--of Africa's continuing crisis condition. He then closely examines the African development experience since independence and explores the evolution of development theory and its application to Africa. Arguing for a new mode of production approach to the study of Africa's political economy, the author attempts to determine whether Africa is indeed predominantly capitalist and raises questions regarding prevailing theories of capitalist development. Finally, Nyang'oro looks at the state in Africa, pointing to some fundamental weaknesses that contribute to the ongoing crisis and offering a perceptive assessment of development options open to Africa.

Author : Dereje Alemayehu
Publisher : Lit Verlag
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112431163

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The Crisis of Capitalist Development in Africa by Dereje Alemayehu Pdf

Author : Jonathan Silas Zwingina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070004143

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Capitalist Development in an African Economy by Jonathan Silas Zwingina Pdf

Author : John Rapley
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 1555873979

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Ivoirien Capitalism by John Rapley Pdf

Though studies of capitalism in Africa traditionally focus on the activities of foreign investment, in Cote d'Ivoire capitalist development has been largely the work of a domestic class of entrepreneurs.

Author : Kenneth Omeje
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030751708

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The Failure and Feasibility of Capitalism in Africa by Kenneth Omeje Pdf

This book argues that capitalism has practically failed to deliver the long-desired economic transformation and inclusive development in postcolonial Africa. The principal factor that accounts for this failure is the prolific non-productive forms of capitalism that tend to be dominant in the African continent and their governance dimensions. The research explores how and why capitalism has failed in the African context and the feasibility of turning it around. The book meets the demands of diverse audiences in the fields of International Political Economy, Development Economics, Political Science, and African Studies. The author adopts an unconventional narrativist approach that makes the book amenable to general readership.

Author : April A. Gordon
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1555876293

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Transforming Capitalism and Patriarchy by April A. Gordon Pdf

Gordon analyzes the interplay between capitalism, development and the status of African women. Drawing on the work of both African and Western researchers, she shows that capitalist development projects have mainly benefited a small stratum of African elites and proposes concrete strategies for making it more equitable for women.

Author : David Himbara
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Businessmen
ISBN : 9966467513

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Kenyan Capitalists, the State, and Development by David Himbara Pdf

Author : Richard Sandbrook,Judith Barker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1985-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521319617

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The Politics of Africa's Economic Stagnation by Richard Sandbrook,Judith Barker Pdf

Study of economic development, politics and steady state economy in Africa - discusses the disappointments of independence, democracy and the economic recession; explains the failure of capitalism and the post- colonialism economic implications; looks at political systems and the negative impact of personal rule (political leadership) in institutional framework, the economy (incl. Black market) and defence dependence; presents prospects and recommendations. Bibliography, map, statistical tables.

Author : Claude Ake
Publisher : London ; New York : Longman
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Africa
ISBN : UCBK:B000731991

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A Political Economy of Africa by Claude Ake Pdf

Monograph comprising a compilation of essays on the economic policy of Africa - examines historical development of dependence within the international capitalist system (role of developed countries and of multinational enterprises), discusses social stratification, cultural factors, social role of women, etc., and includes ideologycal statements representative of African development policies (incl. Agricultural policies). Bibliographys.

Author : John Iliffe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Africa
ISBN : UCAL:B4217514

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The Emergence of African Capitalism by John Iliffe Pdf

Lectures on the historical evolution of capitalism in Africa South of Sahara - focuses on the development of employment of hired workers by Black employers; discusses the existence of capitalism in the pre- colonialism period, the rise of capitalist farmers, their relationships with Black peasant farmers and agricultural workers and with the White ruling class, etc.; examines interrelationships between the emergence of capitalism and Christianity, Islam and local level religions; considers growth of capitalism after independence, and economic policies.

Author : Elia Mbahahiza Kaakunga
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : UCAL:B3671547

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Problems of Capitalist Development in Namibia by Elia Mbahahiza Kaakunga Pdf

Author : Dennis Cohen,John Benjamin McIntyre Daniel
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001942312

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Political Economy of Africa by Dennis Cohen,John Benjamin McIntyre Daniel Pdf

Monograph comprising a compilation of essays on the economic policy of Africa - examines historical development of dependence within the international capitalist system (role of developed countries and of multinational enterprises), discusses social stratification, cultural factors, social role of women, etc., and includes ideologycal statements representative of African development policies (incl. Agricultural policies). Bibliographys.

Author : Emmanuel O Oritsejafor,Allan D. Cooper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000384581

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Africa and the Global System of Capital Accumulation by Emmanuel O Oritsejafor,Allan D. Cooper Pdf

Africa and the Global System of Capital Accumulation offers a groundbreaking analysis of the strategic role Africa plays in the global capitalist economy. The exploitation of Africa’s rich resources, as well as its labor, make it possible for major world powers to sustain their authority over their own middle-class populations while rewarding African collaborators in leadership positions for subjecting their populations into poverty and desperation. Middle-class obsessions such as computers, mobile phones, cars and the petroleum that fuels them, diamonds, chocolate – all of these products require African resources that are typically obtained by child or slave labor that helps to generate billionaires out of foreign investors while impoverishing most Africans. Oritsejafor and Cooper demonstrate that "primitive accumulation," believed by both Adam Smith and Karl Marx to be a process that precedes capitalism, is actually an integral part of capitalism. They also validate the thesis that capitalism incorporates racism as an organizing tool for the exploitation of labor in Africa and on a global scale. Case studies are presented on Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Congo, Tanzania, Somalia, Angola, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, and South Sudan. There are also chapters analyzing the interests of Russia and China in Africa. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics, development, and economics.

Author : Christopher Cramer,John Sender,Arkebe Oqubay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198832331

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African Economic Development by Christopher Cramer,John Sender,Arkebe Oqubay Pdf

"This book challenges conventional wisdoms about economic performance and possible policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking variation in African economic performance. Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. The authors highlight not only differences between countries, but also variations within countries, differences often organized around distinctions of gender, class, and ethnic identity. For example, neo-natal mortality and school dropout have been reduced, particularly for some classes of women in some areas of Africa. Horticultural and agribusiness exports have grown far more rapidly in some countries than in others. These variations (and many others) point to opportunities for changing performance, reducing inequalities, learning from other policy experiences, and escaping the ties of structure, and the legacies of a colonial past. The book rejects teleological illusions and Eurocentric prejudice, but it does pay close attention to the results of policy in more industrialized parts of the world. Seeing the contradictions of capitalism for what they are - fundamental and enduring - may help policy officials protect themselves against the misleading idea that development can be expected to be a smooth, linear process, or that it would be were certain impediments suddenly removed. The authors criticize a wide range of orthodox and heterodox economists, especially for their cavalier attitude to evidence. Drawing on their own decades of research and policy experience, they combine careful use of available evidence from a range of African countries with political economy insights (mainly derived from Kalecki, Kaldor and Hischman) to make the policy case for specific types of public sector investment"--