Africa's Development Impasse
Subtitle: Rethinking the Political Economy of Transformation
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: April 13, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781842779729
Subjects: Business & Investing -- Economics -- Economic Conditions; History -- Africa -- South Africa; History -- World; Nonfiction -- Politics
Description: "Orthodox strategies for socio-economic development have failed spectacularly in southern Africa. Neither the developmental state nor neoliberal reform seems able to provide a solution to Africa's problems." "Africa's Development Impasse analyses this failure and explores the potential for alternatives. Examining why Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa have been unable to overcome a debilitating colonial legacy, the book argues that it is time to rethink the political economy of development. Building on the path-breaking work of post-development theorists, Stefan Andreasson navigates a new way through the current development impasse." "This important fusion of theory with empirical case studies is essential reading for students of development politics and Africa."--Jacket.