Overview
- Offers a comparative multi-regional perspective on Africa’s economic development policies and practices since independence
- Adopts a policy-relevant approach in evaluating Africa’s development, past and present
- Provides evidence-based policy interventions for Africa's sustainable transformation and development
Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
This book argues that capitalism has practically failed to deliver the long-desired economic transformation and inclusive development in postcolonial Africa. The principal factor that accounts for this failure is the prolific non-productive forms of capitalism that tend to be dominant in the African continent and their governance dimensions. The research explores how and why capitalism has failed in the African context and the feasibility of turning it around. The book meets the demands of diverse audiences in the fields of International Political Economy, Development Economics, Political Science, and African Studies. The author adopts an unconventional narrativist approach that makes the book amenable to general readership.
Reviews
—Alfred B. Zack-Williams, Professor Emeritus in Sociology, University of Central Lancashire, UK
“The Failure and Feasibility of Capitalism in Africa offers a wide ranging and comprehensive tour d’horizon of the continent’s historical development. Deeply critical of the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative, Kenneth Omeje provides a compelling account of the forms, trajectories and failures of capitalist development while offering up a clear-eyed assessment of the prospects of turning around Africa’s current predicaments. An urgent and provocative contribution.”
—Michael Watts, Class of 63 Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, USAAuthors and Affiliations
About the author
Kenneth Omeje is Director of Manifold Crown Consulting Services based in Bradford, UK, and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Peace and Security Studies in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He is also an Extraordinary Professor of Development Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Failure and Feasibility of Capitalism in Africa
Authors: Kenneth Omeje
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75170-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75169-2Published: 25 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75172-2Published: 26 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75170-8Published: 23 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 292
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Studies, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Governance and Government, International Relations, African History, African Politics