The Politics of Africa's Economic Recovery [Paperback]

An analysis of post-cold war African politics, assessing the new liberal democracies and the feasibility of economic recovery.Arguing that a more self-reliant, state-directed approach be adopted to ensure prosperity and democracy, this study assesses new political programs for reinforcing Africa's economic recovery because the major political powers are no longer constrained to support African authoritarianism.Arguing that a more self-reliant, state-directed approach be adopted to ensure prosperity and democracy, this study assesses new political programs for reinforcing Africa's economic recovery because the major political powers are no longer constrained to support African authoritarianism.With the waning of the Cold War, the major political powers are no longer constrained to support African authoritarianism. All over Africa democratic experiments have sprung up. But can they survive, and are they compatible with renewed economic growth? Richard Sandbrook answers these questions and assesses the feasibility of the new political program in reinforcing Africa's economic recovery. He argues that the program has merit in the short term, but in the longer term, a more self-reliant, state-directed approach should be adopted to ensure prosperity and durable democracy.l. The rediscovery of politics; 2. False starts: capitalist and socialist; 3. Creating and enabling liberal states; 4. Democratizing liberal states; 5. From recovery to transformation.