Overview
- Gives a detailed and chronological account of post-independence development and economic inclusion in Africa
- Provides country-specific case studies
- Includes discussion of post-COVID challenges
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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The book Post-Independence Development in Africa: Decolonisation and Transformation Prospects revisits the development debates and development realities in Africa. This is achieved by offering theoretical comments about post-independence development in Africa and by providing historical details pertaining to the development approaches adopted in Africa immediately after independence in the 1960s and mid-70s. Sitting at the intersection of two sets of scholarly literature, namely; literature on development and literature on development discourses and practices in Africa, the book comprises a mixture of detailed sector-specific accounts of the status of development on the continent. The chapters in the book also contribute to clarifying how the two strands of literature intersect using several case studies across Africa.
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Development Historicization and Theorizations
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Development Politics and Practice in Africa
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Development as a Painful Process
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The Future of Development in Africa
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
David Mhlanga is a Senior Researcher at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He received his PhD in economics from North-West University (South Africa). Dr. Mhlanga conducts research in the fields of development economics, education economics, economics of artificial intelligence, health economics, and Industry 4.0.
Emmanuel Ndhlovu is a peasant scholar-activist, and a lifelong student of development educated at the universities of Zimbabwe and South Africa. He holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of South Africa. He conducts research on land reform, political economy, peasant livelihoods, migration, food sovereignty, and on development. Emmanuel is currently with the Vaal University of Technology, South Africa, as a postdoctoral researcher.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Post-Independence Development in Africa
Book Subtitle: Decolonisation and Transformation Prospects
Editors: David Mhlanga, Emmanuel Ndhlovu
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30541-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30540-5Published: 12 July 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30543-6Due: 12 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30541-2Published: 11 July 2023
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 401
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Economics, Development Studies, African Politics