State Failure and Success in Uganda and Zimbabwe: The Logic of Political Decay and Reconstruction in Africa

E. A. Brett

Journal of Development Studies, 2008, vol. 44, issue 3, 339-364

Abstract: This article uses the post-colonial experiences of Uganda and Zimbabwe to demonstrate both the strengths and weaknesses of competing theoretical explanations for problems of state and economic failure in Africa. It shows that they all explain some but not all of these processes. It demonstrates the crucial role of contextual circumstances and ongoing structural changes in each country in determining the success or failure of policy regimes and, of current prospects for a long-term transformation to liberal democratic capitalism.

Date: 2008
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