Inequality in Africa - Political Elites, Proletariat, Peasants and the Poor (Paperback)

This study of inequality in Africa, first published in 1988, not only rejected the orthodox approach of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which neglected income distribution and advocated greater external economic reliance, but also the statist Lagos Plan of Action, which supported comprehensive planning, large capital-intensive state firms, and increased government intervention in peasant prices. Wayne Nafziger's political economy analysis shows how the colonial legacy, the contemporary global economic system, and the ruling elites' policies of co-opting labour, favouring urban areas, distributing benefits communally, and spending on education to maintain inter-generational class exacerbate discrepancies between regions, urban and rural areas, and bourgeoisie and workers, even under 'African socialism'. The author's policy discussion eschews technoeconomic solutions, arguing that reducing inequality requires democratising political participation as well as economic control.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	African Society Today
Release date:	August 1988
First published:	1988
Authors:	E. Wayne Nafziger
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-31703-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
LSN:	0-521-31703-7
Barcode:	9780521317030

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