Regulatory capture in the British Empire
The British South Africa Company and the redefinition of property rights in Southern Africa
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6043737 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Klas Rönnbäck (0000-0003-1347-0004, University of Gothenburg, autor de correspondencia), Kondwani Happy Ngoma (University of Gothenburg) |
| Año | 2025 |
| Volumen | 67 |
| Número | 6 |
| Páginas | 1512-1533 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2025-08-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2024.2349685 |
| OpenAlex | W4399032433 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 58 |
We study the redefinition of property rights under colonial rule with a focus on state and business relations.We study the case of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) and how it was able to legitimise its claims to land and minerals in two non-settler colonies in Africa: Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.The study shows that the BSAC was able to wield considerable influence over these political processes.The British government thereby came to favour the interests of the BSAC over those of other actors, including settlers and African subjects in the colonies, despite having the knowledge that many of the company's claims had no legal basis.The findings show how the dynamic relationship between state and firms can evolve into one that sees the public interests subjugated
British Empire · Business · Economics · Economy · Empire · International trade · Political science · Property (philosophy) · Property rights · African history and culture studies · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
Enclosure and the Yeoman
Preventing Regulatory Capture
Commoners
Endogenous Political Institutions
Regulatory Capture
The Politics of Government Decision-Making
The Rise of Europe
A Review of the Nonmarket Strategy Literature
Corporate Political Activity
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development
Early Modern Business Diplomacy
Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights
Empire by Treaty
The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650–1900
Capital and Colonialism
Colonial extractivism and development
Introduction
The Fox Guarding the Henhouse
From colonisation to globalisation
Regulatory capture and the dynamics of interventionism
The Development of Property Rights on Frontiers
Common Rights to Land in England, 1475–1839
The Fruits of Revolution
Property rights and institutional change during Australia's gold rush
Making Food Standard
How Scottish & Newcastle Became the U.K.'s Largest Brewer
Copper Empire
Malawi
From Defensive to Transformative Business Diplomacy
A History of Malawi
Taxing Colonial Africa
Colonial Lives of Property
Land policies in Malawi
The political economy of banking regulation
Regulatory valuation of public utilities
Development built on crony capitalism? The case of Dangote Cement
From land dispossession to land restitution
Commercial Concessions and Politics During the Colonial Period the Role of the British South Africa Company in Northern Rhodesia 1890–1964
Rhodes, Rhodesia and the Rand
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold Mining Industry, 1903-10
Environment and Economy
The Scramble for Southern Africa, 1877-1895
European Settlers, African Apprehensions, and Colonial Economic Policy
Institutions for the taking
Empire and the Making of Native Title
Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures
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| Altamente citado | No |