Business and the state in Southern Africa : the politics of economic reform / Scott D. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Scott D., 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public-private sector cooperation--Africa, Southern.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Public-private sector cooperation--Africa, Southern--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why are productive, development-supporting relations between business and government still so rare in Africa? Scott Taylor addresses this question, examining state-business coalitions as they emerge, and endure or collapse, in three representative countries: Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Taylor illuminates three possible trajectories: an abortive state-business coalition, as in Zambia; the emergence of a short-lived coalition, as in Zimbabwe; and a relatively successful and thus far durable coalition, as in South Africa. Though rooted in the southern African experience, his cases reflect much of the variance in outcomes throughout sub-Saharan Africa and shed light on the prospects for economic reform and development on the continent.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Map of Southern Africa""; ""1-Business and the State""; ""Business-State Coalitions and Reform""; ""Business Associations, Structural Reforms, and the African State""; ""The Plan of the Book""; ""Getting State and Business Together""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Origins and Fate of Business-State Coalitions""; ""Theorizing Business-State Coalitions:Limitations and Prospects""; ""Coalitional Emergence""; ""Reform Coalition Endurance""; ""Coalitional Collapse""

""A Comparative Case Study Approach to Business-State Relations""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3-Business-State Cooperation in Zambia: Rhetoric and Realities""; ""Historical Origins of the Zambian Economy: 1890�1990""; ""Business and the Kaunda Regime: Ebbing Institutional Strength""; ""An Ephemeral Coalition: Business Associations in the MMD Transition""; ""Coalition Foreclosed: The MMD and the First Phase of Adjustment""; ""The Impact of Trade Liberalization""; ""Business and the Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises""

""Politicizing Business-State Relations: Partnership or Provocation?""""Business and the “New Deal� Government""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""4-From Partnership to Enmity: Business, the State, and Economic Collapse in Zimbabwe""; ""The Historical Context""; ""A Short-Lived Coalition for Reform: Business, Government, and ESAP""; ""Be Careful What You Wish For: Liberalization and Institutional Strength""; ""In ESAP�s Wake: State Power Resurgent""; ""Strength Versus Strength: The CFU-State Coalition""; ""Threats and Diminished Utility: Coalition Unraveling""

""“Corporatism� Without the State""""The State�s New Distributional Coalition""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5-South Africa: Both Model and Cautionary Tale?""; ""The Origins of South African Business Strength""; ""Regime Transition and Coalition Emergence""; ""The ANC and Business: (Re)Defining Roles After 1994""; ""Fragmentation: The Dis-Organizing of South African Business""; ""The ANC Ascendant, the State Resurgent: GEAR and Beyond""; ""Business-State Relations in a Neoliberal Environment""; ""Conclusion: Whither the Coalition?""; ""Notes""

""6-Crafting Business-State Coalitions: Lessons for, and from, Southern Africa""""Where Do Coalitions Come From? The Problem Revisited""; ""The “Typical� African Case""; ""Threats to Coalitions""; ""The Politics of Africa�s Private Sectors""; ""The Limits to Coalitions""; ""Notes""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Interviews""; ""Zambia""; ""Zimbabwe""; ""South Africa""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-101-6