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Towards democratic development states in Southern Africa

✍ Scribed by Jauch, Herbert; Kanengoni, Alice D.; Kanyenze, Godfrey; Madzwamuse, Masego; Muchena, Deprose


Publisher
Weaver Press
Year
2017
Tongue
English
Leaves
378
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


The dawn of the twenty-first century heralded an apparent change of fortunes for most sub-Saharan African economies, with annual growth averaging over 5% for fifteen years. However, this was not accompanied by structural transformation: poverty, food insecurity, unemployment and inequality persist. Structural transformation has not been - and indeed cannot be - delivered by market forces and neo-liberal economic  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents


Foreword --
1. Conceptual framework : towards democratic developmental states in Southern Africa --
2. The state in Southern Africa : a case for placing women at the centre / Alice D. Kanengoni --
3. A need for developmental intervention in South Africa / Thabileng Mothabi --
4. Botswana : Africa's democratic developmental state or outright flattery? Towards inclusive democratic developmental states / Sethunya Mosime & Gape Kaboyakgosi --
5. The need for developmental state intervention in Namibia / Herbert Jauch & Ellison Tjirera --
6. Towards a transformative democratic developmental state in Zimbabwe : the complex journey / Jesimen T. Chipika & Joyce A. Malaba --
7. Towards developmental states in Southern Africa : post-war Angola : the dual nature of growth without development in an oil rich state / Jesse Salah Ovadia & Sylvia Croese --
8. State of the state in Malawi : an agrarian developmental state? / Reinford Mwangonde & Shawo Mwakilama --
9. Synthesis and way forward : towards democratic developmental states in Southern Africa.

✦ Subjects


Economic development -- Africa, Southern;Africa, Southern -- Politics and government -- 1994-;Africa, Southern -- Economic conditions -- 1994-;BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics;POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions;Economic development;Economic history;Politics and government;Southern Africa;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism


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