Explaining Underdevelopment In East Africa In The Post Independence Period

Author : Martina Petkova
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783668022478

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Explaining Underdevelopment in East Africa in the Post-Independence Period by Martina Petkova Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - Topic: Development Politics, University of Birmingham, language: English, abstract: This paper explores the connections and gaps between underdevelopment, the colonial legacy, imported foreign practices, regimes and emerging economies, in order to understand more clearly how typical, general discourses on development continue to carry ideologically charged and historically transposed meanings. The term underdevelopment is primarily used to trace and define the retrogressive economic pattern within a given society and the corresponding postulates. Underdevelopment, however, illustrates also how the post-colonial fragility of the African economies becomes affected by internal conflicts, regional disputes, militarization and indoctrination of the masses. Beginning with a literature review and definitions of the concept, the paper seeks to investigate the multipolar problematics in Eastern Africa in the post-colonial period, with particular regard to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of Kenya. These two studies aim to illustrate and contrast the contextual differences of the colonized and independent types of countries, together with their common internal and regional dynamism that cause underdevelopment to be ongoing. This paper then explores and analyzes the aforementioned states according to particular indicators and provides evidence, in which a deconstructive comparison is used to trace periodical, pre- and post-colonial realities and the state of affairs of the underperforming sectors. Moreover it will then shed light on the continuity of underdevelopment, within the context of the theorization of the given amalgam of critical factors that have been redefined over time. The thesis concludes with a summary and questions the notion of unequal development on the African continent.

Author : Walter Rodney
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788731201

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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney Pdf

The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana, the 38-year-old Rodney would be assassinated. In his magnum opus, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Rodney incisively argues that grasping "the great divergence" between the west and the rest can only be explained as the exploitation of the latter by the former. This meticulously researched analysis of the abiding repercussions of European colonialism on the continent of Africa has not only informed decades of scholarship and activism, it remains an indispensable study for grasping global inequality today.

Author : E. A. Brett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035752240

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Colonialism and Underdevelopment in East Africa by E. A. Brett Pdf

Author : Mahdi Amel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004444249

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Arab Marxism and National Liberation by Mahdi Amel Pdf

Mahdi Amel (1936–87) was a prominent Arab Marxist thinker and Lebanese Communist Party member. This first-time English translation of his selected writings sheds light on his notable contributions to the study of capitalism in a colonial context.

Author : Stephen Ekokobe Awung
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640854356

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A Critical Analysis on the Reasons of Underdevelopment in Africa by Stephen Ekokobe Awung Pdf

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, language: English, abstract: This paper explores the factors responsible for the underdevelopment of most African states with an attempt to provide some possible recommendations to overcoming the socio-economic and political problems faced by the continent in a growing inter connected (globalised) world. Some of the factors that hinder Africa's development are at the starting point of this essay. The possible measures that may help reduce the agony in the continent if applied sincerely were put forward for consideration. It is assumed that states do not fail because of accidents but primarily due to the faults of kleptocrats who find themselves in power either through force or rigged elections.

Author : P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781552502044

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Our Continent, Our Future by P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo Pdf

Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Author : Emmanuel Akyeampong,Robert H. Bates,Nathan Nunn,James Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107041158

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Africa's Development in Historical Perspective by Emmanuel Akyeampong,Robert H. Bates,Nathan Nunn,James Robinson Pdf

Why has Africa remained persistently poor over its recorded history? Has Africa always been poor? What has been the nature of Africa's poverty and how do we explain its origins? This volume takes a necessary interdisciplinary approach to these questions by bringing together perspectives from archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, political science, and economics. Several contributors note that Africa's development was at par with many areas of Europe in the first millennium of the Common Era. Why Africa fell behind is a key theme in this volume, with insights that should inform Africa's developmental strategies.

Author : Ms.Catherine McAuliffe,Ms.Sweta Chaman Saxena,Mr.Masafumi Yabara
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475586312

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The East African Community by Ms.Catherine McAuliffe,Ms.Sweta Chaman Saxena,Mr.Masafumi Yabara Pdf

The East African Community (EAC) has been among the fastest growing regions in sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade or so. Nonetheless, the recent growth path will not be enough to achieve middle-income status and substantial poverty reduction by the end of the decade—the ambition of most countries in the region. This paper builds on methodologies established in the growth literature to identify a group of countries that achieved growth accelerations and sustained growth to use as benchmarks to evaluate the prospects, and potential constraints, for EAC countries to translate their recent growth upturn into sustained high growth. We find that EAC countries compare favorably to the group of sustained growth countries—macroeconomic and government stability, favorable business climate, and strong institutions—but important differences remain. EAC countries have a smaller share of exports, lower degree of financial deepening, lower levels of domestic savings, higher reliance on donor aid, and limited physical infrastructure and human capital. Policy choices to address some of these shortcomings could make a difference in whether the EAC follows the path of sustained growth or follows other countries where growth upturns later fizzled out.

Author : E. A. Brett
Publisher : London : Heinemann
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120483925

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Colonialism and Underdevelopment in East Africa by E. A. Brett Pdf

Study of the relationship between colonialism and underdevelopment in East Africa, with particular reference to the impact of government policies developed from 1919 to 1939 - discusses the social theory, political aspects and economic structure of colonialism, the impact of unemployment in the UK on role of UK development aid, British financial policy, the peasant movement, the absence of industrialization, etc. Bibliography pp. 313 to 319, references and statistical tables.

Author : James Wunsch,Dele Olowu,John W Harbeson,Vincent Ostrom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000301311

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The Failure Of The Centralized State by James Wunsch,Dele Olowu,John W Harbeson,Vincent Ostrom Pdf

This book is an outcome of the workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, held in Indiana, during the 1985/86. It seeks to explains why the centralized African state has failed and discusses the breakdown of social processes indirectly caused by the policies of the centralized state.

Author : Justinian Rweyemamu,J. F. Rweyemamu
Publisher : Nairobi ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015004893478

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Underdevelopment and Industrialization in Tanzania by Justinian Rweyemamu,J. F. Rweyemamu Pdf

Revised thesis on the effects of colonialism on the industrial development of Tanzania - shows how the capitalist industrial structure inherited from colonialization and perpetuated by a neo-colonial pattern of investment has produced increasing dependance on foreign technology, foreign entrepreneurs and foreign markets for output sales and input provision, etc. Bibliography pp. 249 to 264, references and statistical tables.

Author : Mark Langan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319585710

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Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa by Mark Langan Pdf

Langan reclaims neo-colonialism as an analytical force for making sense of the failure of ‘development’ strategies in many African states in an era of free market globalisation. Eschewing polemics and critically engaging the work of Ghana’s first President – Kwame Nkrumah – the book offers a rigorous assessment of the concept of neo-colonialism. It then demonstrates how neo-colonialism remains an impediment to genuine empirical sovereignty and poverty reduction in Africa today. It does this through examination of corporate interventions; Western aid-giving; the emergence of ‘new’ donors such as China; EU-Africa trade regimes; the securitisation of development; and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout the chapters, it becomes clear that the current challenges of African development cannot be solely pinned on so-called neo-patrimonial elites. Instead it becomes imperative to fully acknowledge, and interrogate, corporate and donor interventions which lock many poorer countries into neo-colonial patterns of trade and production. The book provides an original contribution to studies of African political economy, demonstrating the on-going relevance of the concept of neo-colonialism, and reclaiming it for scholarly analysis in a global era.

Author : Colin Leys
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520027701

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Underdevelopment in Kenya by Colin Leys Pdf

Author : Véronique Dimier,Sarah Stockwell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030511067

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The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa by Véronique Dimier,Sarah Stockwell Pdf

This collection brings together a range of case studies by both established and early career scholars to consider the nexus between business and development in post-colonial Africa. A number of contributors examine the involvement of European companies (most notably those of former colonial powers) in development in various African states at the end of empire and in the early post-colonial era. They explore how businesses were not just challenged by the new international landscape but benefited from the opportunities it offered, particularly those provided by development aid. Other contributors focus on the development agencies of the departing colonial powers to consider how far these served to promote the interests of European companies. Together these case studies constitute an important contribution to our understanding of both business and development in post-colonial Africa, redressing an imbalance in existing histories of both business and development which focus predominantly on the colonial period. This volume breaks new ground as one of the very first to bring the study of foreign companies and development aid into the same frame of analysis

Author : Tim Pfefferle
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783656418238

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Lumumba's Independence Speech. Marking the Transition Towards a Free Africa by Tim Pfefferle Pdf

Exegesis from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, grade: A, University of Miami (Department of Political Science), course: Conflict in the Middle East and Africa, language: English, abstract: An exegesis of Patrice Lumumba's speech on Congolese Independence Day on June 30, 1960. It will deal with aspects of struggle, national cohesion and liberty contained in Lumumba's vision of a new Congo.