Alden Young
Biographic Data
| ID | 5165314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alden Young |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alden |
| FAMILY NAME | Young |
| SIGNATURE | YOUNG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Drexel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1508-8802 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1945 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Path Forward
Bridging the Global Wealth Gap
Joanne Meyerowitz begins her compelling account by asking how in the United States the lodestar of the development enterprise went from modernization, defined as the structural transformation of society, to preventing poverty. While at times the concept of development has appeared elusive enough that it might be capable of encompassing both modernization and antipoverty, Meyerowitz’s study does an excellent job of showing that the shift during th…
Globalizing Racism and De-provincializing Muslim Africa
One of the paradoxes of history is that it took Africa's contact with the Arab world to make the Black people of Africa realize that they were black in description, but not necessarily in status ... On the other hand, it took European conceptualization and cartography to turn Africa into a continent. Ali A. Mazrui, “The Re-invention of Africa: Edward Said, V. Y. Mudimbe, and Beyond,” Research in African Literatures 36/3 (2005), 68–82, at 70 Histo…
Longing for the Lost Caliphate
In her superbly learned book, Mona Hassan sets out to explain the enduring meaning of Muslim lamentations after two of the greatest Muslim caliphates were abolished in 1258 and 1924 CE. 1258 marks the date when the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta‘sim, knelt before the Mongol Commander Hulegu outside the walls of Baghdad, shortly before he was executed. Hassan is not here directly concerned with the history of either the Abbasid Caliphate or the Mon…
A Currency for Sudan
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After the Split
Why do partitioned successor states engage one another in armed conflict? We explore the drivers of war between successor states by comparing two border crises that followed the partitions of Ethiopia (1993) and Sudan (2011). We argue that the politico-military struggles that give way to partition create important historical memories that shape what successor states think about the utility of military force. While the partition of Ethiopia yielde…
Transforming Sudan
Following the conclusion of the Second World War, the nature of inequality in Africa was dramatically altered. In this book, Alden Young traces the emergence of economic developmentalism as the ideology of the Sudanese state in the decolonization era. Young demonstrates how the state was transformed, as a result of the international circulation of tools of economic management and the practice of economic diplomacy, from the management of a collec…
Measuring the Sudanese economy
What effect did the adoption of national income accounting as a planning technique have on economic policy-making in Sudan during the first half of the 1960s? This article draws on extensive archival evidence from the World Bank Archives, the British National Archives and the National Records Office in Khartoum, Sudan. The main conclusion is that national income accounting heightened planners' awareness of income inequality between Sudan and othe…
National Security and Great Britain
Globalizing Racism and De-provincializing Muslim Africa
One of the paradoxes of history is that it took Africa's contact with the Arab world to make the Black people of Africa realize that they were black in description, but not necessarily in status ... On the other hand, it took European conceptualization and cartography to turn Africa into a continent. Ali A. Mazrui, “The Re-invention of Africa: Edward Said, V. Y. Mudimbe, and Beyond,” Research in African Literatures 36/3 (2005), 68–82, at 70 Histo…
After the Split
Why do partitioned successor states engage one another in armed conflict? We explore the drivers of war between successor states by comparing two border crises that followed the partitions of Ethiopia (1993) and Sudan (2011). We argue that the politico-military struggles that give way to partition create important historical memories that shape what successor states think about the utility of military force. While the partition of Ethiopia yielde…
Measuring the Sudanese economy
What effect did the adoption of national income accounting as a planning technique have on economic policy-making in Sudan during the first half of the 1960s? This article draws on extensive archival evidence from the World Bank Archives, the British National Archives and the National Records Office in Khartoum, Sudan. The main conclusion is that national income accounting heightened planners' awareness of income inequality between Sudan and othe…
National Security and Great Britain
Measuring the Sudanese economy
What effect did the adoption of national income accounting as a planning technique have on economic policy-making in Sudan during the first half of the 1960s? This article draws on extensive archival evidence from the World Bank Archives, the British National Archives and the National Records Office in Khartoum, Sudan. The main conclusion is that national income accounting heightened planners' awareness of income inequality between Sudan and othe…
Transforming Sudan
Following the conclusion of the Second World War, the nature of inequality in Africa was dramatically altered. In this book, Alden Young traces the emergence of economic developmentalism as the ideology of the Sudanese state in the decolonization era. Young demonstrates how the state was transformed, as a result of the international circulation of tools of economic management and the practice of economic diplomacy, from the management of a collec…
A Currency for Sudan
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
After the Split
Why do partitioned successor states engage one another in armed conflict? We explore the drivers of war between successor states by comparing two border crises that followed the partitions of Ethiopia (1993) and Sudan (2011). We argue that the politico-military struggles that give way to partition create important historical memories that shape what successor states think about the utility of military force. While the partition of Ethiopia yielde…
Longing for the Lost Caliphate
In her superbly learned book, Mona Hassan sets out to explain the enduring meaning of Muslim lamentations after two of the greatest Muslim caliphates were abolished in 1258 and 1924 CE. 1258 marks the date when the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta‘sim, knelt before the Mongol Commander Hulegu outside the walls of Baghdad, shortly before he was executed. Hassan is not here directly concerned with the history of either the Abbasid Caliphate or the Mon…
Globalizing Racism and De-provincializing Muslim Africa
One of the paradoxes of history is that it took Africa's contact with the Arab world to make the Black people of Africa realize that they were black in description, but not necessarily in status ... On the other hand, it took European conceptualization and cartography to turn Africa into a continent. Ali A. Mazrui, “The Re-invention of Africa: Edward Said, V. Y. Mudimbe, and Beyond,” Research in African Literatures 36/3 (2005), 68–82, at 70 Histo…
Bridging the Global Wealth Gap
Joanne Meyerowitz begins her compelling account by asking how in the United States the lodestar of the development enterprise went from modernization, defined as the structural transformation of society, to preventing poverty. While at times the concept of development has appeared elusive enough that it might be capable of encompassing both modernization and antipoverty, Meyerowitz’s study does an excellent job of showing that the shift during th…
A Path Forward
Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works)