Deinstitutionalization of the State and Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Contribution to the Critique of the Neoinstitutionalist Analysis of Development

Fernando Lopez-Castellano, Roser Manzanera-Ruiz and Carmen Lizárraga

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2019, vol. 51, issue 3, 418-437

Abstract: In recent years, a euphoric shift has taken place, typified by the narrative of “Africa rising,†which attempts to promote the idea of an economically emerging continent. In the Afro-optimist discourse, the idea is implicit that the neoliberal narrative has triumphed. However, critical voices argue that the discourse ignores the political environment under which African growth has been produced. This article critically reflects on the explanations of the neoinstitutionalist approach to development, the historical process of state formation and colonization in Africa. Following the proposal of postcolonial theory, sovereignty, tax, and violence are analyzed. Finally, the contradictory policies of the neoliberal experiment are demonstrated, which are leading to the deinstitutionalization of the State and to violence. JEL Classification: F54, F63, E02, N17

Keywords: development; political economics; institutional economics; sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0486613418810784

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