African Capitalists in African Development / ed. by Bruce J. Berman, Colin Leys.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berman, Bruce J., Contributor.

Berman, Bruce J., Editor.

Boone, Catherine, Contributor.

Brautigam, Deborah, Contributor.

Himbara, David, Contributor.

Leys, Colin, Editor.

Leys, Colin, Contributor.

Lubeck, Paul M., Contributor.

MacGaffey, Janet, Contributor.

Nicholas, Sheila M., Contributor.

Ostergaard, Tom, Contributor.

Rapley, John, Contributor.

Watts, Michael J., Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Breaking new ground in the study of a key dimension of African development, the authors explore the variations in the technical and political capacities of the continent's diverse indigenous entrepreneur classes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

2 African Capitalists and Development: Theoretical Questions

3 The Ivoirien Bourgeoisie

4 Domestic Capitalists and the State in Kenya

5 The State and the Development of African Capitalism in Zimbabwe

6 The Role of the "National" Bourgeoisie in National Development: The Case of the Textile and Clothing Industries in Zimbabwe

7 African Industrialization in Comparative Perspective: The Question of Scale

8 Accumulating Wealth, Consolidating Power: Rentierism in Senegal

9 State Deterioration and Capitalist Development: The Case of Zaire

10 An Alliance of Oil and Maize? The Response of Indigenous and State Capital to Structural Adjustment in Nigeria

11 African Capitalism and the Paradigm of Modernity: Culture, Technology, and the State

Contributors

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-583-0