Innovating Development Strategies in Africa

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-107-17307-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

During the second half of the twentieth century, African states shifted away from state-led development strategies, and are now moving towards a strategy of regional economic integration. In this book, Landry Signé explores the key drivers of African policy and economic transformation, proposing a preeminent explanation of policy innovations in Africa through the examination of postcolonial strategies for economic development. Scholars and practitioners in fields as varied as development studies, political science and public policy, economics, sociology and African studies will benefit from Signé's unprecedented comparative analysis, including detailed cases from the often understudied Francophone Africa. First studying why, how and when institutional or policy change occurs in Africa, Signé explores the role of international, regional and national actors in making African economic development strategies from 1960 to date, highlighting the economic transformations of the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Signé, Landry

Signé, Landry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Innovation in African economic development strategy: literature review and conceptual clarification; 2. Theoretical and methodological framework: ideas, interests, institutions, time, and the role of international, regional, and national actors in economic development strategy; 3. Time, historical context, and innovation in African development strategies; 4. Ideas, values, paradigms and policy innovations in Africa; 5. Interests, strategies, and policy innovation in Africa; 6. How do international, regional, and national actors affect innovation in African development strategies?

Über Autor(innen)

Signé, Landry
Landry Signé is a Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University's Center for African Studies and Senior Adviser to the Chancellor and Provost on International Affairs, and also Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. He is the author of over twenty-seven publications, and the recipient of numerous awards, including winning the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program, and has been listed as one of the Top 35 Africans under 35 by the International Policy Digest.