Colonial Government, Social Conflict and State Involvement in Africa’s Open Economies
The Origins of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board, 1939–46
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8979975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rod Alence (0000-0003-3336-0398, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 397-416 |
| Publication date | 2001-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853701007952 |
| PMID | 18161214 |
| OpenAlex | W2138779384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 1 |
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 sources of the Gold Coast government’s ‘demand’ for those institutions. I argue that pressures on the government to mitigate domestic social conflict caused by volatility in the world economy are crucial to understanding the shift to controlled cocoa marketing
Colonialism · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Geography · Gold coast · Government (linguistics · Metropolitan area · Political economy · Political science · State (computer science · World War II · African history and culture studies
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |