{"product_id":"9781842779729","title":"Africa's Development Impasse: Towards a Political Economy of Transformation","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrthodox strategies for socio-economic development have failed spectacularly in southern Africa. Neither the developmental state nor neoliberal reform seems able to provide a solution to Africa's problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrica's Development Impasse analyses this failure and explores the potential for alternatives. Examining why Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa have been unable to overcome a debilitating colonial legacy, the book argues that it is time to rethink the political economy of development. Building on the path-breaking work of post-development theorists, Stefan Andreasson navigates a new way through the current development impasse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important fusion of theory with empirical case studies is essential reading for students of development politics and Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStefan Andreasson is lecturer in comparative politics at Queen's University Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zed Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039108841712,"sku":"9781842779729","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781842779729_p0.jpg?v=1769893217","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781842779729","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}