Africa's Development Impasse - Rethinking the Political Economy of Transformation (Paperback)

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. In Africa's Development Impasse, Stefan Andreasson analyses this failure and explores the potential for post-development alternatives. Examining the post-independence trajectories of Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa, the book shows three different examples of this failure to overcome a debilitating colonial legacy. Andreasson then argues that it is now time to resuscitate post-development theory's challenge to conventional development. In doing this, he claims, we face the enormous challenge of translating post-development into actual politics for a socially and politically sustainable future and using it as a dialogue about what the aims and aspirations of post-colonial societies might become. This important fusion of theory with empirical case studies will be essential reading for students of development politics and Africa.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	April 2010
Authors:	Stefan Andreasson
Dimensions:	215 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-1-84277-972-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Promotions
LSN:	1-84277-972-9
Barcode:	9781842779729

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