Franklin Obeng-Odoom (University of Helsinki)

Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Inequality and poverty in Africa is typically explained as a function of the lack of human capital, the lack of physical capital, and natural capital problems. The book explores and challenges this convention while offering alternative frames to explain persistent poverty across the continent.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781108709996
• ISBN-10: 1108709990
• Artikelnr.: 63459576

Autorenporträt

Franklin Obeng-Odoom is Associate Professor of Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The Problem: Introduction. The Global South in a 'compartmentalised world': 1. The foundations for a new beginning
Part II. Problematic Explanations and Solutions: 2. Property economics
3. Land reform
4. Human capital
5. International trade
6. Economic growth
Part III. Alternatives: 7. Socialism
8. Africanisms
Concluding the groundwork for a new political economy of the Global South
Bibliography.