A Social Movement for African Capitalism? A Comparison of Business Associations in Two African Cities

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dc.contributor.authorHeilman, Bruce E.
dc.contributor.authorLucas, John
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-15T20:48:09Z
dc.date.available2016-06-15T20:48:09Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at the following link http://www.jstor.org/stable/525160en_US
dc.description.abstractPerhaps as a result of the persistent developmental difficulties African economies have faced, a substantial amount has been written on the nature of African capitalism (Berman and Leys 1994; Iliffe 1983; Kennedy 1988; Sandbrook 1985; 1993). While this literature spans the ideological spectrum from advocacy of the free market to Marxian socialism, there seems to be a consensus on two points: first, that some form of capitalism has emerged in most African countries, and second, that this capitalism is flawed in fundamental ways that render its ability to promote growth problematic. One of the questions suggested by this literature is whether the social forces exist to support a more productive economic system. In other words, is there evidence of a social movement for African capitalism? To date most analyses of the advance and/or stagnation of African capitalism have employed a structural and/or systemic framework, emphasizing factors such as class relations, role in the world economy, degree of proletarianization/peasantization and the emergence of a capitalist state. In this paper, we use a social movements approach to examine aspects of the development, consolidation and reform of capitalism in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Kano, Nigeria. We hope to illustrate that the business communities in both these cities can be viewed as coalitions of class, ethnic and sectoral interest groups with a shared common goal to facilitate political and economic reforms conducive to the advancement of a capitalist system. As opposed to structural approaches, a social movements framework highlights the role of ideas and human agency.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHeilman, B. & Lucas, J. (1997). A Social Movement for African Capitalism? A Comparison of Business Associations in Two African Cities. African Studies Review, 40(2), 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/525160en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2307/525160
dc.identifier.issn00020206
dc.identifier.issn15552462
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2448
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectSocial Movementen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Capitalismen_US
dc.subjectBusiness Associationsen_US
dc.subjectDar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectKanoen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titleA Social Movement for African Capitalism? A Comparison of Business Associations in Two African Citiesen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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