The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy
Editors: Oloruntoba, Samuel Ojo, Falola, Toyin (Eds.)
Free Preview- Assesses the evolution and current state of African political economy
- Approaches African political economy in its theoretical, historical and policy dimensions
- Encompasses all regions of Africa, incl. Southern, West, East, North, Central Africa and African Islands
- Presents multidisciplinary perspectives from Politics, International Relations, Development Studies, Economics, History and Sociology
- Adopts both historical and sectoral approaches that are absent in other Handbooks
- Accessibly written for both academics as well as practitioners from African Development Bank et al
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- About this book
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This handbook constitutes a specialist single compendium that analyses African political economy in its theoretical, historical and policy dimensions. It emphasizes the uniqueness of African political economy within a global capitalist system that is ever changing and complex. Chapters in the book discuss how domestic and international political economic forces have shaped and continue to shape development outcomes on the continent. Contributors also provoke new thinking on theories and policies to better position the continent’s economy to be a critical global force. The uniqueness of the handbook lies in linking theory and praxis with the past, future, and various dimensions of the political economy of Africa.
- About the authors
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Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, South Africa, and Visiting Scholar at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada.
Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in Humanities and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
- Table of contents (58 chapters)
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The Political Economy of Africa: Connecting the Past to the Present and Future of Development in Africa
Pages 1-28
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Left, Right and Centre: On Regrounding a Progressive Political Economy of Africa for the Twenty-First Century
Pages 31-43
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Four Journeys of Capital and Their Consequences for Africa
Pages 45-61
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History of Racial Capitalism in Africa: Violence, Ideology, and Practice
Pages 63-81
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African Political Economy and Its Transformation into Capitalism
Pages 83-92
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Table of contents (58 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy
- Editors
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- Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
- Toyin Falola
- Series Title
- Palgrave Handbooks in IPE
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-38922-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-38922-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-38921-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-38924-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXXII, 1106
- Number of Illustrations
- 10 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
- Topics
