Alternatives in the Restructuring of State-Society Relations

Research Issues for Tropical Africa

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ID11470413
AutoresDavid A Booth (0000-0002-3032-3711, Overseas Development Institute, autor correspondente), David Booth (0000-0002-5699-5663)
Ano2016
Volume47
Fascículo2A
Data de publicação2016-12-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIDS Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0265-5012 • E-ISSN: 1759-5436
EditoraInstitute of Development Studies (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.19088/1968-2016.178
OpenAlexW4250862741
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas17

This article considers the possible long‐run implications of the liberalisation programme currently under way throughout Tropical Africa. A strengthening of private‐sector institutions and a corresponding shift in the relationship between the state and civil society is clearly on the agenda, but – the paper argues – it would not be fruitful for research to remain focused on the public‐private or state‐society balances as such. The more challenging and important questions have to do with (i) the substantially different kinds of private‐sector and civil society development which might result from the current policies, and (ii) the implications of any strengthening of civil societies for the emergence of more autonomous and effective states

Civil society · Commons · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Liberalization · Livelihood · OpenAccess · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Private sector · Public sector · Restructuring · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law