Accumulation in an African Periphery

G. Shivji

Description

The "Washington consensus" which ushered in neo-liberal policies in Africa is over. It was buried at the G20 meeting in London in early April, 2009. The world capitalist system is in shambles. The champions of capitalism in the global North are rewriting the rules of the game to save it. The crisis creates an opening for the global South, in particular Africa, to refuse to play the capitalist-imperialist game, whatever the rules. It is time to rethink and revisit the development direction and strategies on the continent. This is the central message of this intensely argued book. Issa Shivji demonstrates the need to go back to the basics of radical political economy and ask fundamental questions: who produces the society's surplus product, who appropriates and accumulates it and how is this done. What is the character of accumulation and what is the social agency of change? The book provides an alternative theoretical framework to help African researchers and intellectuals to understand their societies better and contribute towards changing them in the interest of the working people.

Sujets

• African Studies

Informations

• Publié par: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9789987081509
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

ACCUMULATION IN AN AFRICAN PERIPHERY

A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

Issa G. Sivji Mwalimu Nyerere Researc Professor of Pan-African Studies University of Dar es Salaam

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Publised by: Mkuki na Nyota Publisers Ltd P. O. Box 4246 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania www.mkukinanyota.com

© Issa G. Sivji, 2009

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Table of Contents

L  A .........................................................  A .............................................................  B     ............................................................ . T D D ........................................  An Overview..................................................................... 1 he age of developmentalism ...............................................2 he crisis, te lost decade and te spectre of marginalisation .................................................................10 he age of globalised neo-liberalism ..................................13 . T  D A...............  he driving forces of capitalism....................................... 18 he rise and fall of development economics .................... 21 Imperialist Accumulation under Globalised Neo-liberalism ................................................................ 26 Primitive accumulation ......................................................26 Industrial and financial over-accumulation.........................30 Accumulation by dispossession ..........................................34 . A   A P .....................  he perverted logic ........................................................ 55 he developmental debates ................................................57 Conceptual framework of disarticulated accumulation.......59 . S : T      ......................................................................  A..........................................................................  R .........................................................................  E ............................................................................ 

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AFRICOM AGOA BBC BWIs CIA CIT EARC EPA G8 GATT GDP Gini HIPC HMO IFIs ILO IMF IT ITR ODA PRSP REPOA SAPs SSA TANU UDSM UNCTAD

WTO

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Abbreviations

U.S. African Command African Growt and Opportunity Act Britis Broadcasting Corporation Bretton Woods Institutions Central Intelligence Agency (te USA spy agency) Confederation of Industries of Tanzania East African Royal Commission External Payment Arrears (account) Group of 8 most industrialised countries General Tariffs and Trade Gross Domestic Product A measure of inequality Higly Indebted Poor Countries Healt Management Organisation International Financial Institutions International Labour Organisation International Monetary Fund Information Tecnology Individualisation, Titling, and Registration Overseas Development Aid Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Researc on Poverty Alleviation Structural Adjustment Programmes Sub Saaran Africa Tanganyika African National Union University of Dar es Salaam United Nations Conference on Trade and Development World Trade Organisation