11:30 - 13:00
State Capacity and the Political Economy of development in Africa: ‘Pockets of Effectiveness’ as Windows onto the Politics of Survival and State-Building
Oral session
Room: Aston Webb – C-Block Lecture Theatre
Stream: The Political Economy of Development in Africa: The Politics of Economic and Social Transformation
Chair/s:
Sam Hickey
11:30 - 11:45
Tu-A49 Politics of Transformation 1-P-001
The politics of bureaucratic ‘pockets of effectiveness’ in Ghana
Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai1, Giles Mohan2
1University of Legon, Accra, Ghana, 2Open University, London, United Kingdom
11:45 - 12:00
Tu-A49 Politics of Transformation 1-P-002
Towards un-developmental authoritarianism in Zambia? The downward spiral of political-bureaucratic relations since 2011
Marja Hinfelaar
Southern Africa Institute for Policy and Research, Lusaka, Zambia
12:00 - 12:15
Tu-A49 Politics of Transformation 1-P-003
Can Rwanda’s “pockets of effectiveness” advance our understanding of state-building?
Benjamin Chemouni
LSE, London, United Kingdom
12:15 - 12:30
Tu-A49 Politics of Transformation 1-P-004
The shifting fortunes of economic technocracy in Uganda: caught between
Badru Bukenya1, Sam Hickey2
1Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 2University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom