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Handley, Antoinette.

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Business and economic policymaking: A study of four African cases (Ghana, Mauritius, South Africa, Zambia).

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Business and economic policymaking: A study of four African cases (Ghana, Mauritius, South Africa, Zambia)./
Author:	Handley, Antoinette.
Description:	278 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Jeffrey Herbst.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-02A.
Subject:	Business Administration, Management. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3080847

Business and economic policymaking: A study of four African cases (Ghana, Mauritius, South Africa, Zambia).
Handley, Antoinette.

Business and economic policymaking: A study of four African cases (Ghana, Mauritius, South Africa, Zambia). - 278 p.

Adviser: Jeffrey Herbst.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2003.

Why does the influence of business on economic policy making vary across countries? This study examines four African countries (Zambia, Ghana, Mauritius, and South Africa) focusing on the reforms of the 1990s. For these cases, two variables are crucial: first, the extent to which the state is neo-patrimonial and second, the ethnic character of business (in particular the extent to which this is distinct from that of the state). The significance of these two variables lies in their effect on the overall level of autonomy that business enjoys vis-à-vis the state.Subjects--Topical Terms:

626628
Business Administration, Management.

Business and economic policymaking: A study of four African cases (Ghana, Mauritius, South Africa, Zambia).
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520 $a Why does the influence of business on economic policy making vary across countries? This study examines four African countries (Zambia, Ghana, Mauritius, and South Africa) focusing on the reforms of the 1990s. For these cases, two variables are crucial: first, the extent to which the state is neo-patrimonial and second, the ethnic character of business (in particular the extent to which this is distinct from that of the state). The significance of these two variables lies in their effect on the overall level of autonomy that business enjoys vis-à-vis the state.
520 $a African political economies are often characterised by a fusion of neopatrimonial political and economic elites. In such a situation, economic policy is made in the interests of this small circle of overlapping elites. What become crucial then are factors that can increase the autonomy that business as a whole enjoys from government, and boost business' ability to secure its corporate interests.
520 $a The country studies split into two groups. In the first group (Zambia and Ghana), ethnicity played very little role in distinguishing the economic elite from the political elite. Instead for much of the business community, the ability to make a profit depended on clientelistic connections to a neo-patrimonial state. The consequent low level of autonomy meant that business was able to exercise very little corporate influence on economic policymaking and, where it did have influence, that influence was personalistic
520 $a The second group comprises Mauritius and South Africa. These countries share two striking features. In both, the business community is dominated by an ethnic minority that has a difficult relationship with the ethnic majority that controls political power. Additionally, in both cases the state exhibits relatively low levels of neo-patrimonial behaviour. These two features serve to preserve a relatively autonomous sphere of incentives and social organisation for the business community. Here business has a much higher level of influence on economic policymaking. The content of that policy is also likely to better represent the broader corporate interests of the private sector.
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