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African Miracle, African Mirage

- Transnational Politics and the Paradox of Modernization in Ivory Coast
Af: Abou B. Bamba Engelsk Paperback

African Miracle, African Mirage

- Transnational Politics and the Paradox of Modernization in Ivory Coast
Af: Abou B. Bamba Engelsk Paperback
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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Ivory Coast was touted as an African miracle, a poster child for modernization and the ways that Western aid and multinational corporations would develop the continent. At the same time, Marxist scholars—most notably Samir Amin—described the capitalist activity in Ivory Coast as empty, unsustainable, and incapable of bringing real change to the lives of ordinary people. To some extent, Amin’s criticisms were validated when, in the 1980s, the Ivorian economy collapsed.
In African Miracle, African Mirage, Abou B. Bamba incorporates economics, political science, and history to craft a bold, transnational study of the development practices and intersecting colonial cultures that continue to shape Ivory Coast today. He considers French, American, and Ivorian development discourses in examining the roles of hydroelectric projects and the sugar, coffee, and cocoa industries in the country’s boom and bust. In so doing, he brings the agency of Ivorians themselves to the fore in a way not often seen in histories of development. Ultimately, he concludes that the “maldevelopment” evident by the mid-1970s had less to do with the Ivory Coast’s “insufficiently modern” citizens than with the conflicting missions of French and American interests within the context of an ever-globalizing world.

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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Ivory Coast was touted as an African miracle, a poster child for modernization and the ways that Western aid and multinational corporations would develop the continent. At the same time, Marxist scholars—most notably Samir Amin—described the capitalist activity in Ivory Coast as empty, unsustainable, and incapable of bringing real change to the lives of ordinary people. To some extent, Amin’s criticisms were validated when, in the 1980s, the Ivorian economy collapsed.
In African Miracle, African Mirage, Abou B. Bamba incorporates economics, political science, and history to craft a bold, transnational study of the development practices and intersecting colonial cultures that continue to shape Ivory Coast today. He considers French, American, and Ivorian development discourses in examining the roles of hydroelectric projects and the sugar, coffee, and cocoa industries in the country’s boom and bust. In so doing, he brings the agency of Ivorians themselves to the fore in a way not often seen in histories of development. Ultimately, he concludes that the “maldevelopment” evident by the mid-1970s had less to do with the Ivory Coast’s “insufficiently modern” citizens than with the conflicting missions of French and American interests within the context of an ever-globalizing world.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9780821422397
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0821422391
Kategori: Statslig, National & Føderal politik
Udg. Dato: 15 nov 2016
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 230mm
Højde: 207mm
Forlag: Ohio University Press
Oplagsdato: 15 nov 2016
Forfatter(e): Abou B. Bamba
Forfatter(e) Abou B. Bamba

Kategori Statslig, National & Føderal politik

ISBN-13 9780821422397

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 19mm

Bredde 230mm

Højde 207mm

Udg. Dato 15 nov 2016

Oplagsdato 15 nov 2016

Forlag Ohio University Press

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