Political Barriers to African Capitalism

1 June 1994

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Modern African Studies

Vol. 32 (2) , 191-213
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00012726

Abstract

What constraints have so far prevented the full emergence in subSaharan Africa of strong and effective local capitalist classes capable of playing a leading rôle in the economic transformation of their societies?

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