The Politics of African Industrial Policy

A Comparative Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Av Lindsay Whitfield, Ole Therkildsen, Lars Buur, Anne Mette Kj'r, Anne Mette Kjær, Denmark) Whitfield, Lindsay (Roskilde Universitet, Denmark) Buur, Lars (Roskilde Universitet, Denmark) Kjær, Anne Mette (Aarhus Universitet

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This book engages in the debate on growth versus economic transformation and the importance of industrial policy, presenting a comprehensive framework for explaining the politics of industrial policy. Using comparative research to theorize about the politics of industrial policy in countries in the early stages of capitalist transformation that also experience the pressures of elections due to democratization, this book provides four in-depth African country studies that illustrate the challenges to economic transformation and the politics of implementing industrial policies.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-07-02
Mått160 x 236 x 30 mm
Vikt700 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor356
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781107105317

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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