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Jan 14, 2019 · Colonialism and the capitalist penetration of Africa -- The colonial economy -- Contradictions of the colonial economy -- The postcolonial economy -- The dynamics of African socio-economic formations -- Contradictions and syntheses. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jun 24, 2020 · This chapter focuses on the political economy of Claude Ake, particularly his theoretical matrix, its evolution from sheer liberalism and transformation to radical political economy—a neo-Marxian analysis of the post-colonial state in Africa—to underline its exploitative character and relations of domination while projecting democratic and ...
- Sylvester Odion Akhaine
- 2020
by CLAUDE AKE* I WANT to indicate how the political economy of contemporary Africa is to be explained, and what might reasonably be conjectured about its development. I am mainly interested in the salient features, namely: intense ethnic conflict, the single-party system, the high incidence of efficiency norms in political competition, the ...
Jan 26, 2011 · Claude Ake (1939–1996) is one of the most influential voices in African political thought. While nation building was an important theme in the theoretical literature on Africa in the immediate post-independence period, Ake offers a seminal treatment of the disintegrative impact of the colonial presence on the emergent states in the continent.
- Jeremiah O. Arowosegbe
- 2011
A Political Economy of Africa (1981) The Unique Case of African democracy, International Affairs, April 1993. Democracy and Development in Africa (1996) The Feasibility of Democracy in Africa (2000 - published posthumously) https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/19/world/claude-ake-57-nigerian-scholar-and-activist.html.
A Political Economy of Africa. Claude Ake. Longman, 1981 - Business & Economics - 196 pages. Monograph comprising a compilation of essays on the economic policy of Africa -...
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Jul 28, 2023 · Publication date. 1996. Topics. Pressure groups -- Africa, Economic development -- Political aspects, Democracy -- Africa, Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-, Africa -- Economic policy, Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-, Africa -- Colonial influence. Publisher. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution.
