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The Center for the History of Global Development is a research focus established at the College of Liberal Arts at Shanghai University. Through conferences, workshops, publications and discussion panels, the Center seeks to contribute to interdisciplinary scholarly debates on the repercussions of “development” as a phenomenon which has shaped much of recent global history while remaining conceptually vague or contradictory. Podcasts are recordings of our lecture series. Please visit our website (http://www.history-global-development.net) for updates.
George Bob Milliar- Party Democracy in Africa: the promotion of market practices in Ghana
History of Global Development
30 minutes 36 seconds
4 years ago
George Bob Milliar- Party Democracy in Africa: the promotion of market practices in Ghana
George Bob-Milliar is Senior Lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies and Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies (CeCASt) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on democratization in Africa, electoral politics in Ghana, informal economies, African Diaspora, and chieftaincy. He has been visiting fellow at various international universities currently edits the Journal of African Political Economy and Development (JAPED) and is member of the editorial board of African Affairs.
In the last two-half decades party democracy has taken roots in many corners of Sub-Saharan Africa. Liberal democracy tends to favour capitalist forms of development and market practices over statist policies. One can trace the liberalization of the African economies to the sustained role of the IMF, World Bank, and western capitalist countries in pushing for structural adjustment changes in Africa. The purpose of this talk is to question whether liberal democracy as practiced in Africa has any bearing on the promotion of capitalist forms of development and market practices. Using Ghana as a case study, this talk tries to answer the question: what is the link between party politics, capitalist development and the growth of the private sector? There has been the recognition of the efficacy of market developments in some African states, including Ghana.
History of Global Development
The Center for the History of Global Development is a research focus established at the College of Liberal Arts at Shanghai University. Through conferences, workshops, publications and discussion panels, the Center seeks to contribute to interdisciplinary scholarly debates on the repercussions of “development” as a phenomenon which has shaped much of recent global history while remaining conceptually vague or contradictory. Podcasts are recordings of our lecture series. Please visit our website (http://www.history-global-development.net) for updates.
