Towards democratic development states in Southern Africa /

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....

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Muchena, Deprose (Editor), Madzwamuse, Masego (Editor), Kanengoni, Alice D. (Editor), Jauch, Herbert (Editor), Kanyenze, Godfrey (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Harare, Zimbabwe : Weaver Press, 2017.
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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.