Lindsay Whitfield: 2 books
Economies after Colonialism
Ghana and the Struggle for Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Despite Ghana's strong democratic track record in recent decades, the economy remains underdeveloped. Industrial policies are necessary to transform the colonial trading economy that Ghana inherited at independence, but successive governments have been unwilling or unable to implement them. In this...
The Politics of African Industrial Policy
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
This book engages in the debate on growth versus economic transformation and the importance of industrial policy, presenting a comprehensive framework for explaining the politics of industrial policy. Using comparative research to theorize about the politics of industrial policy in countries in the...