| Titre : |
Africa in the Contemporary World : The Dynamics of Domination and Crisis |
| Type de document : |
document électronique |
| Auteurs : |
Kojo Opoku Aidoo, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Pantin [France] : Fondation Gabriel Péri |
| Année de publication : |
mai 2010 |
| Importance : |
7 p |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Afrique
Crise économique et financière
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| Tags : |
Afrique Mondialisation Crise économique et financière Politique économique |
| Résumé : |
Contemporary capitalism is experiencing a fundamental crisis, with collapsing markets and over-production, leading to mass unemployment and cuts in living standards the world over. But, how is the crisis affecting the political economy of African development ? The primary objective of the paper is to analyze how the peripheral incorporation of Africa into the global capitalist political economy engenders a dynamic of domination and crisis, a situation which shapes dependency and underdevelopment in Africa. The escalating crises of dependency and underdevelopment have far reaching implications for internal politics as they engender revolutionary pressures and legitimacy crisis in Africa. In response to the revolutionary pressures and crisis of legitimacy, however the ruling classes will resort to violence to depoliticize society. Purposeful depoliticization will lead to alienation, resentment and dissent, which might invite even more repression. So, if the present economic stagflation persists, it will deepen class contradictions and probably cause governmental instabilities in Africa, but not necessary sparking off social and political revolutions in the foreseeable future. In the event of such stagnation and stalemate, the politics of anxiety will become institutionalized. And, increasingly the ruling classes will display signs of paranoia while the subordinate classes become frustrated, demoralized and available for induction into extremist movements. What then stares Africa in the face is fascism. Fascism is, nonetheless, only a stalemate which may be protracted but nevertheless transitional. In the long run, objective conditions are more likely to move Africa towards socialism. |
| En ligne : |
http://www.gabrielperi.fr/IMG/article_PDF/article_a1114.pdf |
Africa in the Contemporary World : The Dynamics of Domination and Crisis [document électronique] / Kojo Opoku Aidoo, Auteur . - Pantin (11, rue Étienne Marcel, 93500, France) : Fondation Gabriel Péri, mai 2010 . - 7 p. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Afrique
Crise économique et financière
|
| Tags : |
Afrique Mondialisation Crise économique et financière Politique économique |
| Résumé : |
Contemporary capitalism is experiencing a fundamental crisis, with collapsing markets and over-production, leading to mass unemployment and cuts in living standards the world over. But, how is the crisis affecting the political economy of African development ? The primary objective of the paper is to analyze how the peripheral incorporation of Africa into the global capitalist political economy engenders a dynamic of domination and crisis, a situation which shapes dependency and underdevelopment in Africa. The escalating crises of dependency and underdevelopment have far reaching implications for internal politics as they engender revolutionary pressures and legitimacy crisis in Africa. In response to the revolutionary pressures and crisis of legitimacy, however the ruling classes will resort to violence to depoliticize society. Purposeful depoliticization will lead to alienation, resentment and dissent, which might invite even more repression. So, if the present economic stagflation persists, it will deepen class contradictions and probably cause governmental instabilities in Africa, but not necessary sparking off social and political revolutions in the foreseeable future. In the event of such stagnation and stalemate, the politics of anxiety will become institutionalized. And, increasingly the ruling classes will display signs of paranoia while the subordinate classes become frustrated, demoralized and available for induction into extremist movements. What then stares Africa in the face is fascism. Fascism is, nonetheless, only a stalemate which may be protracted but nevertheless transitional. In the long run, objective conditions are more likely to move Africa towards socialism. |
| En ligne : |
http://www.gabrielperi.fr/IMG/article_PDF/article_a1114.pdf |
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