African Capitalism - The Struggle for Ascendency

This 1988 book provides an analysis of African capitalism which offers a positive view of its role.

List of contents

1. Themes and perspectives; 2. Economic development during the colonial period; 3. Colonial rule and African enterprise; 4. Government, politics and African capitalism since independence; 5. Class formation and state power; 6. African business and foreign capital: the contemporary situation; 7. The cultural and economic climate; 8. Entrepreneurial endeavour, business success and social origins; 9. What prospects for African capitalism?; Notes; Index.

Summary

Drawing upon material from a number of countries and a range of academic disciplines, this 1988 book, provides an analysis of African capitalism which offers a much more positive view of its role than the prevailing view of its dependence on state and foreign capital.

Product details

• Authors: Paul M. Kennedy, Paul T. Kennedy
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.1988
• EAN: 9780521319669
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31966-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 360 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: African Society Today; African Society Today
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Political ideologies and movements