Scott D Taylor

Globalization and the Cultures of Business in Africa

From Patrimonialism to Profit

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Produktbeschreibung

Scott D. Taylor is Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is author of Business and the State in Southern Africa and Politics in Southern Africa: State and Society in Transition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 162mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780253002662
• ISBN-10: 0253002664
• Artikelnr.: 34926402

Autorenporträt

Scott D. Taylor

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Introduction and Background
Introduction
1. African Business and Capitalism in Historical Perspective
Part II. Globalization and Political and Economic Transformation
2. Institutional Change in the 1990s: Economic and Political Reform
3. Business, the African State and Globalization in the New Millennium:
Transnational Influences and Domestic Responses
Part III. The Diversity of African Business: Problems and Prospects
4. Foreign Investment Beyond Compradorism & Primary Commodities: The Role
of the Global South
5. From Patrimonialism to Profit? The Transformation of Crony Capitalists
and Bureaucratic Bourgeoisies
6. Going Continental, Going Global: Africa's Corporate Giants
Conclusion: The Prospects for African Business
Appendix
Bibliography
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index