Tanzania And The Imf: The Dynamics Of Liberalization

by Horace Campbell, Howard Stein, Joel Samoff

Overview

The recent debate on the consequences of structural adjustment for developing economies, which took place between the World Bank and the United Nation's Economic Commission on Africa, underlines the need for further investigation of this important economic strategy. Tanzania, which for a decade had stood as a symbol of opposition to the Internation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367304935
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2024
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.31(h) x (d)

About the Author

Horace Campbell is a professor of pan-African politics at Syracuse University and was an associate professor of political science at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1981-1987. Howard Stein is an associate professor of economics at Roosevelt University in Chicago and was a lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam, 1980-1982.

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction: The Dynamics of Liberalization in Tanzania — The Nature of Economic Reforms in Tanzania — The Politics of Liberalization in Tanzania: The Crisis of Ideological Hegemony — Economic Policy and the IMF in Tanzania: Conditionality, Conflict, and Convergence — The Politics of Demobilization in Tanzania: Beyond Nationalism — The Informal Sector, Social Reproduction, and the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Women — The Politics of the Refugee Crisis in Tanzania — The Politics of Education in Tanzania: From Colonialism to Liberalization — Theory and Practice in the Analysis of Tanzanian Liberalization: A Comment

Editorial Reviews

Social scientists examine how the government of Tanzania, after a decade of resistance, agreed to the demands of the International Monetary Fund, and began imposing policies that contradict the egalitarian principles of the ruling socialist party. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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