Black Africa 1945-1980 : Economic Decolonization and Arrested Development

ISBN-13: 9780415593618 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 280 str.

D K Fieldhouse;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

In what ways did economic considerations affect the decision by Britain & France to make their sub-Saharan African colonies independent? Why were early expectations that independence would lead to rapid & sustained economic development in Africa for the most part disappointed? This text seeks to tackle these two strongly debated issues.

Spis treści

Part I: The End of the Colonial Period  1. The Economic Dimensions of British and French Decolonisation in Black Africa  2. The Colonial Inheritance  Part II: Economic Performance and Explanations, 1960-1980  3. Performance, Expectations and the ‘Policy’ Approach  4. ‘Non-Policy’ Explanations of Limited Development  Part III: The ‘Policy’ Explanation in Six African States  5. Anglophone West Africa: Ghana and Nigeria  6. Anglophone East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania  7. Francophone West Africa: Ivory Coast  8. Francophone West Africa: Senegal  9. Summary and Conclusions: Economic Decolonisation and ‘Arrested Development’.

O autorze

Fieldhouse, D K