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In Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies, M. Anne Pitcher offers an engaging new theory to explain the different trajectories of private sector development across contemporary Africa. Pitcher argues that the outcomes of economic reforms depend not only on the kinds of institutional arrangements adopted by states in order to create or expand their private sectors, but also on the nature of party system competition and the quality of democracy in particular countries. To illustrate her claim, Pitcher draws on several original data sets covering twenty-seven countries in Africa, and detailed case studies of the privatization process in Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa. This study underscores the importance of formal institutions and political context to the design and outcome of economic policies in developing countries.
Economic policy and planning (general) --- Political parties --- Africa --- Democratization --- #SBIB:328H41 --- #SBIB:33H13 --- Instellingen en beleid: Afrika: comparatief / diverse landen --- Economische politiek --- Economic policy. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- E-books
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Many of the economic transformations in Africa have been as dramatic as those in Eastern Europe. Yet much of the comparative literature on transitions has overlooked African countries. This 2002 study of Mozambique's shift from a command to a market economy draws on a wealth of empirical material, including archival sources, interviews, political posters and corporate advertisements, to reveal that the state is a central actor in the reform process, despite the claims of neo-liberals and their critics. Alongside the state, social forces - from World Bank officials to rural smallholders - have also accelerated, thwarted or shaped change in Mozambique. M. Anne Pitcher offers an intriguing analysis of the dynamic interaction between previous and emerging agents, ideas and institutions, to explain the erosion of socialism and the politics of privatization in a developing country. She demonstrates that Mozambique's political economy is a heterogenous blend of ideological and institutional continuities and ruptures.
Economic conditions. Economic development --- Mozambique --- Structural adjustment (Economic policy). --- Structural adjustment (Economic policy) --- Privatization --- Economic History --- Business & Economics --- Economic policy. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Denationalization --- Privatisation --- Contracting out --- Corporatization --- Government ownership --- Economic policy
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