Bøker av Lindsay (Roskilde Universitet Whitfield

Unpacking the puzzle of Ghana's struggle for economic development, Whitfield shows how the political legacies of colonialism cast a long and dark shadow over Ghana that also had implications for other African countries. This original interpretation is useful for researchers or students interested in the political economy of development in Africa.

This book engages in the debate on growth versus economic transformation and the importance of industrial policy, presenting a comprehensive framework for explaining the politics of industrial policy. Using comparative research to theorize about the politics of industrial policy in countries in the early stages of capitalist transformation that also experience the pressures of elections due to democratization, this book provides four in-depth African country studies that illustrate the challenges to economic transformation and the politics of implementing industrial policies.