Wasta! The long-term implications of education expansion and economic liberalisation on politics in Sudan

Laura Mann

Review of African Political Economy, 2014, vol. 41, issue 142, 561-578

Abstract: By tracking the changing nature of wasta , or personal intermediation, in the Khartoum labour market, this paper examines the impact of Islamist policies on state-society relations in Khartoum, Sudan. It argues that economic liberalisation and higher education expansion weakened sectarian control over the economy, replacing the former institutionalised system of privilege with a much more decentralised, private and transnational structure. The conclusion asks whether these policies have laid the groundwork for long-term political transformation. While education expansion and liberalisation should theoretically allow a regime to broaden patronage networks, they may also reduce the capacity of both the regime and the private sector to exercise power and establish predictability outwards.

Date: 2014
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