Rod Alence
Biographic Data
| ID | 980967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rod Alence |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rod |
| FAMILY NAME | Alence |
| SIGNATURE | ALENCE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3336-0398 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Special issue introduction: “Institutions, sustainable development, and the extractive industries in Africa”
Introduction to the special issue on institutions, sustainable development and the extractive industries in Africa
Political accountability and development in Africa's resource economies
Analyzes the impact of natural resources and political regimes on development. • Democracy is more important than resources in predicting development outcomes. • Resource-rich democracies have had either competitive elections or strong parties. • Accountability is enhanced by combining competitiveness with strong parties. Sub-Saharan Africa has undergone a profound political transformation since the early 1990s. A partial wave of democratization …
Resisting State Capture in South Africa
This article assesses the state of democracy in South Africa, twenty-five years after Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) came to power. The ANC won its sixth straight election in 2019, led by presidential candidate Cyril Ramaphosa. Yet the party faced a strengthened challenge from the populist left, and the 2019 contest saw the smallest ANC majority and the lowest turnout of any general election since the end of apartheid. Thi…
Theoria Referees
What went wrong with Africa: A Contemporary History
South Africa After Apartheid: The First Decade
South Africa celebrated ten years of democracy in April 2004 with a third round of national elections. The African National Congress — led by Nelson Mandela's successor, Thabo Mbeki — won another overwhelming victory. The country's transition will be remembered for the surprising ease with which seemingly intractable conflict was subjected to the routine functioning of democratic institutions. This essay analyzes South Africa's first decade of de…
Political institutions and developmental governance in sub-Saharan Africa
This article addresses the question of whether, or under what conditions, democratic institutions contribute to 'developmental governance' in sub-Saharan Africa, in forms such as coherent policy formulation, effective public administration, and limited corruption. While few dispute the desirability for Africa of democracy and good governance in theory, many remain sceptical about whether the two necessarily go together in practice. Using a simple…
Colonial Government, Social Conflict and State Involvement in Africa’s Open Economies: The Origins of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board, 1939–46
State-controlled cocoa marketing was introduced in the Gold Coast during the Second World War and has had lasting impact. Most accounts of this change have emphasized the influence of metropolitan interests and ideas more conducive to state involvement in colonial economies. Although they explain the new found metropolitan willingness to ‘supply’ financial and administrative backing for state-controlled economic institutions, they neglect the sou…
The 1937-1938 Gold Coast Cocoa Crisis: The Political Economy of Commercial Stalemate
A coalition of Gold Coast farmers, brokers, and chiefs disrupted cocoa export trade during the 1937-1938 season by refusing to sell their produce to the major expatriate trading firms. The cocoa hold up, which was accompanied by a boycott of many European goods, was a response to news that the firms had reached a collusive buying agreement aimed at manipulating producer prices and fixing market shares. Word of the agreement arrived at a time when…
Colonial Government, Social Conflict and State Involvement in Africa’s Open Economies: The Origins of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board, 1939–46
State-controlled cocoa marketing was introduced in the Gold Coast during the Second World War and has had lasting impact. Most accounts of this change have emphasized the influence of metropolitan interests and ideas more conducive to state involvement in colonial economies. Although they explain the new found metropolitan willingness to ‘supply’ financial and administrative backing for state-controlled economic institutions, they neglect the sou…
Political institutions and developmental governance in sub-Saharan Africa
This article addresses the question of whether, or under what conditions, democratic institutions contribute to 'developmental governance' in sub-Saharan Africa, in forms such as coherent policy formulation, effective public administration, and limited corruption. While few dispute the desirability for Africa of democracy and good governance in theory, many remain sceptical about whether the two necessarily go together in practice. Using a simple…
The 1937-1938 Gold Coast Cocoa Crisis: The Political Economy of Commercial Stalemate
A coalition of Gold Coast farmers, brokers, and chiefs disrupted cocoa export trade during the 1937-1938 season by refusing to sell their produce to the major expatriate trading firms. The cocoa hold up, which was accompanied by a boycott of many European goods, was a response to news that the firms had reached a collusive buying agreement aimed at manipulating producer prices and fixing market shares. Word of the agreement arrived at a time when…
South Africa After Apartheid: The First Decade
South Africa celebrated ten years of democracy in April 2004 with a third round of national elections. The African National Congress — led by Nelson Mandela's successor, Thabo Mbeki — won another overwhelming victory. The country's transition will be remembered for the surprising ease with which seemingly intractable conflict was subjected to the routine functioning of democratic institutions. This essay analyzes South Africa's first decade of de…
Resisting State Capture in South Africa
This article assesses the state of democracy in South Africa, twenty-five years after Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) came to power. The ANC won its sixth straight election in 2019, led by presidential candidate Cyril Ramaphosa. Yet the party faced a strengthened challenge from the populist left, and the 2019 contest saw the smallest ANC majority and the lowest turnout of any general election since the end of apartheid. Thi…
The 1937-1938 Gold Coast Cocoa Crisis: The Political Economy of Commercial Stalemate
A coalition of Gold Coast farmers, brokers, and chiefs disrupted cocoa export trade during the 1937-1938 season by refusing to sell their produce to the major expatriate trading firms. The cocoa hold up, which was accompanied by a boycott of many European goods, was a response to news that the firms had reached a collusive buying agreement aimed at manipulating producer prices and fixing market shares. Word of the agreement arrived at a time when…
Colonial Government, Social Conflict and State Involvement in Africa’s Open Economies: The Origins of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board, 1939–46
State-controlled cocoa marketing was introduced in the Gold Coast during the Second World War and has had lasting impact. Most accounts of this change have emphasized the influence of metropolitan interests and ideas more conducive to state involvement in colonial economies. Although they explain the new found metropolitan willingness to ‘supply’ financial and administrative backing for state-controlled economic institutions, they neglect the sou…
South Africa After Apartheid: The First Decade
South Africa celebrated ten years of democracy in April 2004 with a third round of national elections. The African National Congress — led by Nelson Mandela's successor, Thabo Mbeki — won another overwhelming victory. The country's transition will be remembered for the surprising ease with which seemingly intractable conflict was subjected to the routine functioning of democratic institutions. This essay analyzes South Africa's first decade of de…
Political institutions and developmental governance in sub-Saharan Africa
This article addresses the question of whether, or under what conditions, democratic institutions contribute to 'developmental governance' in sub-Saharan Africa, in forms such as coherent policy formulation, effective public administration, and limited corruption. While few dispute the desirability for Africa of democracy and good governance in theory, many remain sceptical about whether the two necessarily go together in practice. Using a simple…
What went wrong with Africa: A Contemporary History
Theoria Referees
Resisting State Capture in South Africa
This article assesses the state of democracy in South Africa, twenty-five years after Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) came to power. The ANC won its sixth straight election in 2019, led by presidential candidate Cyril Ramaphosa. Yet the party faced a strengthened challenge from the populist left, and the 2019 contest saw the smallest ANC majority and the lowest turnout of any general election since the end of apartheid. Thi…
Political accountability and development in Africa's resource economies
Analyzes the impact of natural resources and political regimes on development. • Democracy is more important than resources in predicting development outcomes. • Resource-rich democracies have had either competitive elections or strong parties. • Accountability is enhanced by combining competitiveness with strong parties. Sub-Saharan Africa has undergone a profound political transformation since the early 1990s. A partial wave of democratization …
Introduction to the special issue on institutions, sustainable development and the extractive industries in Africa
Special issue introduction: “Institutions, sustainable development, and the extractive industries in Africa”
Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Accountability (3 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Democracy (3 works)