Mann, Laura 
ORCID: 0009-0000-1863-5387
(2014)
Book Review: business politics and the state in Africa: challenging the orthodoxies on growth and transformation,by Tim Kelsall.
African Affairs, 113 (452).
pp. 467-468.
ISSN 0001-9909
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Abstract
Arguing that much of Africa’s recent economic boom has been confined to unsustainable growth in primary commodities, this book contends that African economies need structural transformation into higher-‐value manufacturing and services. While evidence from other regions emphasizes state action to overcome collective action problems and create the‘predictability’ necessary for structural transformation, conventional wisdom has deemed Africa’s neo-‐patrimonial political culture too insalubrious an environment for the state to act effectively. This book challenges this view: there can be such a thing as developmental patrimonialism and it mobilizes an array of historical and contemporary material to lobby for stronger and smarter support for industrial policies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://academic.oup.com/afraf |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Oxford University Press |
| Divisions: | International Development |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2017 15:40 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85055 |
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