Description
| Product ID: | 9781786991089 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa |
| Title: | Uganda |
| Subtitle: | The Dynamics of Neoliberal Transformation |
| Authors: | Author: Elisa Greco, Jorg Wiegratz, Giuliano Martiniello |
| Page Count: | 408 |
| Subjects: | Development studies, Development studies, Political science and theory, Development economics and emerging economies, Political economy, Political science & theory, Development economics & emerging economies, Political economy, Uganda |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An exploration of the making and operation of the New Uganda, providing a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary account of one of Africa’s most contentious capitalist market societies. For the last three decades, Uganda has been one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Globally praised as an African success story and heavily backed by international financial institutions, development agencies and bilateral donors, the country has become an exemplar of economic and political reform for those who espouse a neoliberal model of development. The neoliberal policies and the resulting restructuring of the country have been accompanied by narratives of progress, prosperity, and modernisation and justified in the name of development.But this self-celebratory narrative, which is critiqued by many in Uganda, masks the disruptive social impact of these reforms and silences the complex and persistent crises resulting from neoliberal transformation. Bringing together a range of leading scholars on the country, this collection represents a timely contribution to the debate around the New Uganda, one which confronts the often sanitised and largely depoliticised accounts of the Museveni government and its proponents.Harnessing a wealth of empirical materials, the contributors offer a critical, multi-disciplinary analysis of the unprecedented political, socio-economic, cultural and ecological transformations brought about by neoliberal capitalist restructuring since the 1980s. The result is the most comprehensive collective study to date of a neoliberal market society in contemporary Africa, offering crucial insights for other countries in the Global South. |
| Imprint Name: | Zed Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-11-15 |
