African economies and the politics of permanent crisis, 1979-1999 / Nicolas van de Walle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van de Walle, Nicolas, 1957-2024

Series:

Political economy of institutions and decisions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Economic conditions--1960-.

Africa.

Economic conditions.

Africa--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Africa--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii, 291 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Contents:

The Structural Adjustment Debate

Outline of the Argument

1 Approaches to Africa's Permanent Crisis 20

The Political Economy of Reform

Toward an Alternative Approach to the African Crisis

The Partial Reform Syndrome

2 Patterns in Reform Implementation, 1979-1999 64

Reform Implementation: How Much? How Sustainable?

The Evolution of Public Expenditures

3 Decision Making in Postcolonial Africa 113

The Exigencies of Neopatrimonialism

State Capacity

The Ideological Context

4 State Responses to the Permanent Crisis 152

The Adjustment of Neopatrimonialism

The Viability of Reform

The Consequences of Partial Reform

5 The Crisis and Foreign Aid 188

The Emergence of the Postcolonial Aid Regime

The Impact of Aid on Decision Making

The Emergence of the Adjustment Regime

The Impact of the Adjustment Regime

Concluding Remarks: The Breakdown of the Adjustment Regime?

6 Democratization and the Prospects for Change 235

Africa's Democratization Wave, 1989-1995

The Economic Impact of Democratization

Comparing Government Performance

The Political Impact of Democratization

A Summary of the Argument

Comparative Implications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521803640

0521008360

OCLC:

48177293