The Politics of African Industrial Policy

Lindsay Whitfield is Associate Professor in Global Studies and Development Studies in the Department of Society and Globalisation at Roskilde University, Denmark. Ole Therkildsen is Senior Researcher Emeritus at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark. Lars Buur is Associate Professor in Global Studies and Development Studies in the Department of Society and Globalisation at Roskilde University, Denmark and Affiliated Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark. Anne Mette Kj'r is Associate Professor in Political Science and Government in the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark.

• 1. The puzzle of limited economic transformation in Africa; Part I. Rethinking the Political Economy of Development: 2. The case for economic transformation and industrial policy; 3. Assessing economic transformation in Africa; 4. Elaborated political settlements theory and clientelism in Africa; Part II. Evolution of Political Settlements: 5. Increased vulnerability and contestation in Mozambique and Tanzania; 6. Dispersed power and elite fragmentation in Ghana and Uganda; Part III. African Experiences with Industrial Policy: 7. Mozambique: between elite capture and pockets of efficiency; 8. Tanzania: intense contestation within a weak dominant party; 9. Ghana: competitive clientelism and weak capitalists; 10. Uganda: competing factions and conflicting elite interests; 11. Conclusions and perspectives.

'This provocative book goes beyond the aggregate data on economic growth in Africa to argue that industrial policy is the key to sustainable development. By carefully analyzing national- and sectorial-level variations in industrial policies in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda, the authors expose the problems and prospects of accomplishing meaningful economic transformation. Their findings will stimulate exciting new debates regarding the contemporary political economy of Africa.' Anne Pitcher, University of Michigan