Political leadership in Africa : leaders and development south of the Sahara

Political leadership in Africa : leaders and development south of the Sahara / Giovanni Carbone, Università degli Studi di Milano, Alessandro Pellegata, Università degli Studi di Milano.

"Political leaders took centre stage in African politics and development processes since countries in the region gained independence in the 1960s. Their rising prominence in the post-independence decades mostly went hand in hand with development failures across the continent. A 'leadership...

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Main Authors: Carbone, Giovanni (Author), Pellegata, Alessandro, 1981- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Political leadership > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Politics and government > 1960-
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Economic conditions > 1960-
Table of Contents:
  • Leadership, politics and development
  • Coming to power and using it: leaders' selection, change and government performance
  • The Africa Leadership Change (ALC) dataset
  • The changing dynamics of African leadership : rulers before and after 1990
  • When the military strikes
  • Lessening Africa's 'big men' : term limits
  • Leading for development? (I). Economic growth
  • Leading for development? (II). Social welfare, state consolidation and corruption control
  • Autocrats, hegemons, democrats and transients
  • Leaders to come.

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