{"product_id":"inequality-in-africa-political-elites-proletariat-peasants-and-the-poor-paperback-9780521317030","title":"Inequality in Africa; Political Elites, Proletariat, Peasants and the Poor (Paperback) 9780521317030","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInequality in Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolitical Elites, Proletariat, Peasants and the Poor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1988 analysis argues that reducing inequality requires democratising political participation as well as economic control.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. Wayne Nafziger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521317030, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 August 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis study of inequality in Africa, first published in 1988, not only rejected the orthodox approach of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which neglected income distribution and advocated greater external economic reliance, but also the statist Lagos Plan of Action, which supported comprehensive planning, large capital-intensive state firms, and increased government intervention in peasant prices. Wayne Nafziger's political economy analysis shows how the colonial legacy, the contemporary global economic system, and the ruling elites' policies of co-opting labour, favouring urban areas, distributing benefits communally, and spending on education to maintain inter-generational class exacerbate discrepancies between regions, urban and rural areas, and bourgeoisie and workers, even under 'African socialism'. The author's policy discussion eschews technoeconomic solutions, arguing that reducing inequality requires democratising political participation as well as economic control.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures and tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Map\u003cbr\u003e 1. Equality and growth: tradeoff or interlink?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Research without statistics: what are the questions?\u003cbr\u003e 3. African incomes in global perspective\u003cbr\u003e 4. The great descent: inequality and immiserisation\u003cbr\u003e 5. The colonial roots\u003cbr\u003e 6. Transnational relationships\u003cbr\u003e 7. Capitalism, socialism, development and inequality\u003cbr\u003e 8. The ruling class and the people: conflict and discrepancies\u003cbr\u003e 9. Workers, the unemployed, peasants and women\u003cbr\u003e 10. Maintaining class: the role of education\u003cbr\u003e 11. Urban bias and rural poverty\u003cbr\u003e 12. Catching the Nigerian disease: the ruling class and exchange rates\u003cbr\u003e 13. Regional and ethnic inequality\u003cbr\u003e 14. Income distribution in the late twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005346107672,"sku":"9780521317030","price":27.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521317030i_add29818-3b77-48bd-8c8f-25e3acbd78b4.jpg?v=1691375119","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/inequality-in-africa-political-elites-proletariat-peasants-and-the-poor-paperback-9780521317030","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}