Africa under neoliberalism / edited by Nana Poku and Jim Whitman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poku, Nana, 1971- editor.

Whitman, Jim, 1951- editor.

Series:

Contemporary African politics series (Routledge (Firm)) ; 8.

Contemporary African politics series ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoliberalism--Africa.

Neoliberalism.

Economic development.

International cooperation.

Africa--Economic policy.

Africa.

Economic policy.

Economic assistance--Africa.

Economic assistance.

Economic development--Africa--International cooperation.

Economic development--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xv, 175 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

"The period since the 1980s has seen sustained pressure on Africa's political elite to anchor the continent's development strategies in neoliberalism in exchange for vitally needed development assistance. Rafts of policies and programmes have come to underpin the relationship between continental governments and the donor communities of the West and particularly their institutions of global governance - the International Financial Institutions. Over time, these policies and programmes have sought to transform the authority and capacity of the state to effect social, political and economic change, while opening up the domestic space for transnational capital and ideas. The outcome is a continent now more open to international capital, export-oriented and liberal in its political governance. Has neoliberalism finally arrested under development in Africa? Bringing together leading researchers and analysts to examine key questions from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book involves a fundamental departure from orthodox analysis which often predicates colonialism as the referent object. Here, three decades of neoliberalism with its complex social and economic philosophy are given primacy. With the changed focus, an elucidation of the relationship between global development and local changes are examined through a myriad of pressing contemporary issues to offer a critical multi-disciplinary appraisal of challenge and change in Africa over the past three decades."--Publisher's summary.

Contents:

Africa under neoliberalism / Nana Poku and Jim Whitman

Neoliberalism and economic growth in contemporary Africa / Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Eric Kehinde Ogunleye

As the global commodity super-cycle ends, Africans continue uprising against "Africa rising" / Patrick Bond

Neoliberalism, urbanization and change in Africa / Pádraig Carmody and Francis Owusu

From urban crisis to political opportunity : African slums / Jeffrey W. Paller

The poverty of "poverty reduction" : the case of African cotton / Adam Sneyd

Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink (except for a price) / Larry A. Swatuk

Autocrats and activists : human rights, democracy and the neoliberal paradox in Nigeria / Bonny Ibhawoh and Lekan Akinosho

Neoliberalism and alternative forms of citizenship / Amy S. Patterson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472425737

1472425731

9781472425706

1472425707

OCLC:

1001251101