The Palgrave handbook of African political economy. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of African political economy; African political economy
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Toyin Falola.
• Editors: Oloruntoba, Samuel O (Samuel Ojo), 1970-; Falola, Toyin
• Contents: 1. The Political Economy of Africa: Connecting the Past to the Present and Future of Development in AfricaPart I Historical and Theoretical Foundations of African Political Economy2. Left, Right and Centre: On Regrounding a Progressive Political Economy of Africa for the Twenty-First Century3. Four Journeys of Capital and Their Consequences for Africa4. History of Racial Capitalism in Africa: Violence, Ideology, and Practice5. African Political Economy and Its Transformation into Capitalism6. The Political Economy of Africa7. Streets and Boardrooms as Hegemonic Spaces in Shaping Political Economy in Africa8. Contextualizing the State Structure Requisite for Africa's DevelopmentPart II African Political Economy Thinkers9. Kwame Nkrumah's Political Economy of Africa10. Thomas Sankara and a Political Economy of Happiness11. The Political Economy of Claude Ake12. A Historical Political Economy Approach to Africa's Economic Development: A Critique of Thandika Mkandawire's Interests and Incentives, Ideas, and Institutions13. Amilcar Cabral, the Theory as a Weapon of the Oppressed and Africa's Predicament Today14. Adebayo Adedeji: Africa's Foremost Prophet of Regional Integration15. Tracing Moyo's Intellectual Footprint on Land and Agrarian Questions in the Global South16. Thabo Mbeki: The Formation of a Philosopher of Liberation17. The Political Economy of the African Crisis Through the Lenses of Bade OnimodePart III The State and the Political Economy of Development in Africa18. Developmental State and the Political Economy of Local Government in Africa: A Case Study of South Africa19. Circuits of Production and Channels of State: Pastoralists and the State in the Northern Frontier District of Kenya (1910–1958)20. The Political Economy of Globalization and Employment Returns to Youth in Uganda21. Neoliberalism, Economic Crisis, and Domestic Coffee Marketing in Tanzania22. Analysis of Community-Driven Human Security Interventions in Africa: The Case of the Northern Region of Ghana23. A Political Economy of Regulatory Policy: The Case of 'Illegal' Small-Scale Mining in Ghana24. Fertilizer Policy, Governance, and Agricultural Transformation in Nigeria: A Review of Political Economy from Historical Perspectives25. Deindustrialization and Entrepreneur Dynamism: An Assessment of the Replacement of Industrial Clusters with Event Centers in Lagos, NigeriaPart IV Political Economy of Reforms in Africa26. Economic Reforms in Africa: A Critical Appraisal27. African Development Strategies: Whither NEPAD?28. The Global Financial Crisis and the African Economy29. Impact of Public Debt and Governance on Economic Growth in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries30. China's Development Finance to Africa and the Spectre of Debt Distress31. Euro-Africa Relations and Development in a Multi-Polar World: Nigeria and South Africa in Comparative Perspectives32. Engendering Development: Any Lessons for Africa from the BRICS Countries?33. Developmental State and Development Alternatives: Lessons from Cuba34. The State, Resources and Developmental Prospects in Sub-Saharan AfricaPart V Sectoral Approaches to Africa Political Economy35. Sectoral Approaches to African Political Economy36. Natural Resources and African Economies: Asset or Liability?37. Natural Resources and African Economies: Turning Liability to Asset38. Natural Resource Abundance: A Hidden Drag on Africa's Development?39. The Question of Gender and Human Security in Africa's Extractive Industries40. The Political Economy of Industrialization in Africa41. Industrialization in Africa in the Era of Globalization: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects with a Focus on Manufacturing42. A Critical Appraisal of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Political Economy Approach43. The Political Economy of Micro-Credit in Africa44. Accounting for Choices and Consequences: Examining the Political Economy of Social Policy in Africa45. Public Health and Political Economy of Development in Africa46. 'Afro-Eco-Entrepreneurship' Development in Africa: Utilizing Green Culture Advocacy as a Synthesis for Political-Ecological Justice ActivismPart VI Security and Political Economy of Africa47. Counting Lives: Colonial Institutions and Africa's Prevailing Conflicts48. The Political Economy of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Twenty-First-Century Africa: A Critical Evaluation49. The Political Economy of External Intervention in Africa's Security50. The Political Economy of Insecurity in Africa: Focus on North East, Nigeria51. Mediating Nation-Building in Post-colonial Africa: Addressing the Security and Development Nexus on the ContinentPart VII Regional Integration and Africa Political Economy52. The Languages and Grammar of Regionalism53. Regional Integration and Challenges of Implementation in Africa: Some Missing Gaps54. African Regional Integration and Pan-Africanism: The Case of African Migrants' Welfare in Africa55. The Political Economy of State-Sponsored Repatriation of Economic Migrants in Africa56. Southern Africa's Regionalism Driven by Realism57. Development Without Borders? Informal Cross-Border Trade in Africa58. The Relevance of the European Union Integration Experience to the African Union's Integration Process.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 320.96; Political science; Political economy; World politics; Economic development; Political Science -- History & Theory; Social Science -- Regional Studies; History -- Africa -- General; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Development studies; African history; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Political economy; Africa--Politics and government; Africa, Sub-Saharan--History; Africa -- Politics and government; Africa -- Economic policy; Africa -- Economic conditions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030389222
• Related ISBNs: 9783030389215
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