Developmentalism, dependency, and the state : industrial development and economic change in Namibia since 1900 /

Developmentalism, dependency, and the state : industrial development and economic change in Namibia since 1900 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hope, Christopher (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2020.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Industrialization > Namibia > History.
Namibia > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Namibia > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • Industrial development as the driver of economic development
  • The importance of industrial policy
  • The study of the political economy of industrial policy and development
  • The 'renaissance' of research into African economic history
  • Studying Namibian economics, politics, and history
  • Methodology
  • Chapter outline
  • 2 Economic and industrial development in Namibia, 1900 to 1945: the establishment of a settler colony
  • The Namibian economy in the final years of German rule, 1900 to 1915
  • Agricultural and economic development under South African rule, 1915 to 1945
  • Industrial development
  • Constraints on economic diversification and industrial development
  • 3 Industrial development from 1946 to 1989: boom, stagnation,and the near total absence of industrial policy
  • Political change and rapid economic growth in the post-World War II era
  • The boom years of industrial development, 1946 to 1963
  • War, political uncertainty, and economic crises: the final years of colonialrule, 1964 to 1989
  • The sluggish growth of manufacturing over the final years of colonialism
  • Constraints and drivers of industrial development
  • 4 Economic change in independent Namibia: dashed hopes
  • Introduction
  • SWAPO's Namibia: free markets, foreign investment, and limited government intervention
  • 'Neoliberal' industrial policy in the 1990s and 2000s: ineffective and misguided
  • The 2010s: the emergence of active industrial policy?
  • Economic progress since independence: steady but unspectacular
  • The disappointing record of industrial development, 1990 to 2018
  • 5 The political economy of industrial policy and economic change in Namibia
  • The functioning of SWAPO's political system
  • The interests and views of Namibia's economic elites
  • The role of South Africa
  • The international political economy of industrial policy and developmentin Namibia
  • Conclusion: the absence of developmentalism in Namibia
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Maps
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover
  • Table 2.1
  • Figure 2.1
  • Figure 2.2
  • Figure 2.3
  • Table 2.2
  • Figure 2.4
  • Figure 2.5
  • Table 2.3
  • Figure 3.1
  • Table 3.1
  • Figure 3.2
  • Figure 3.3
  • Table 3.2
  • Table 3.3
  • Figure 3.4
  • Table 3.4
  • Figure 3.5
  • Figure 4.1
  • Figure 4.2
  • Figure 4.3
  • Figure 4.4
  • Table 4.1
  • Figure 4.5
  • Figure 4.6
  • Table 4.2
  • Map 1
  • Map 2
  • Figure 2.3
  • Table 2.2