Book Review: business politics and the state in Africa: challenging the orthodoxies on growth and transformation,by Tim Kelsall

Mann, Laura (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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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
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:	15 Sep 2023 15:07
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85055

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