Party politics and economic reform in Africa's democracies
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Party politics and economic reform in Africa's democracies
(African studies series, 119)
Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-293) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Understanding institutional development in Africa: an introduction
- 2. From motivational to imperative commitment: variation and convergence of private sector institutions across Africa
- 3. The impact of party politics and democratic quality on economic restructuring
- 4. Party fragmentation and 'ad hoc' privatization in a limited democracy: Zambia
- 5. Stable parties, limited democracy, and strategic compromise: Mozambique
- 6. Stable parties, limited democracy, and strategic compromise: South Africa
- 7. Conclusion: rules, politics, and discretion.
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