This handbook constitutes a specialist single compendium that analyses African political economy in its theoretical, historical and policy dimensions. It emphasizes the uniqueness of African political economy within a global capitalist system that is ever changing and complex. Chapters in the book discuss how domestic and international political economic forces have shaped and continue to shape development outcomes on the continent. Contributors also provoke new thinking on theories and policies to better position the continent's economy to be a critical global force. The uniqueness of the handbook lies in linking theory and praxis with the past, future, and various dimensions of the political economy of Africa. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, South Africa, and Visiting Scholar at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada. Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in Humanities and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

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Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, South Africa, and Visiting Scholar at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada. 

Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in Humanities and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

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1. The Political Economy of Africa: Connecting the Past to the Present and Future of Development in AfricaPart I Historical and Theoretical Foundations of African Political Economy2. Left, Right and Centre: On Regrounding a Progressive Political Economy of Africa for the Twenty-First Century3. Four Journeys of Capital and Their Consequences for Africa4. History of Racial Capitalism in Africa: Violence, Ideology, and Practice5. African Political Economy and Its Transformation into Capitalism6. The Political Economy of Africa7. Streets and Boardrooms as Hegemonic Spaces in Shaping Political Economy in Africa8. Contextualizing the State Structure Requisite for Africa's DevelopmentPart II African Political Economy Thinkers9. Kwame Nkrumah's Political Economy of Africa10. Thomas Sankara and a Political Economy of Happiness11. The Political Economy of Claude Ake12. A Historical Political Economy Approach to Africa's Economic Development: A Critique of Thandika Mkandawire's Interests and Incentives, Ideas, and Institutions13. Amilcar Cabral, the Theory as a Weapon of the Oppressed and Africa's Predicament Today14. Adebayo Adedeji: Africa's Foremost Prophet of Regional Integration15. Tracing Moyo's Intellectual Footprint on Land and Agrarian Questions in the Global South16. Thabo Mbeki: The Formation of a Philosopher of Liberation17. The Political Economy of the African Crisis Through the Lenses of Bade OnimodePart III The State and the Political Economy of Development in Africa18. Developmental State and the Political Economy of Local Government in Africa: A Case Study of South Africa19. Circuits of Production and Channels of State: Pastoralists and the State in the Northern Frontier District of Kenya (19101958)20. The Political Economy of Globalization and Employment Returns to Youth in Uganda21. Neoliberalism, Economic Crisis, and Domestic Coffee Marketing in Tanzania22. Analysis of Community-Driven Human Security Interventions in Africa: The Case of the Northern Region of Ghana23. A Political Economy of Regulatory Policy: The Case of 'Illegal' Small-Scale Mining in Ghana24. Fertilizer Policy, Governance, and Agricultural Transformation in Nigeria: A Review of Political Economy from Historical Perspectives25. Deindustrialization and Entrepreneur Dynamism: An Assessment of the Replacement of Industrial Clusters with Event Centers in Lagos, NigeriaPart IV Political Economy of Reforms in Africa26. Economic Reforms in Africa: A Critical Appraisal27. African Development Strategies: Whither NEPAD?28. The Global Financial Crisis and the African Economy29. Impact of Public Debt and Governance on Economic Growth in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries30. China's Development Finance to Africa and the Spectre of Debt Distress31. Euro-Africa Relations and Development in a Multi-Polar World: Nigeria and South Africa in Comparative Perspectives32. Engendering Development: Any Lessons for Africa from the BRICS Countries?33. Developmental State and Development Alternatives: Lessons from Cuba34. The State, Resources and Developmental Prospects in Sub-Saharan AfricaPart V Sectoral Approaches to Africa Political Economy35. Sectoral Approaches to African Political Economy36. Natural Resources and African Economies: Asset or Liability?37. Natural Resources and African Economies: Turning Liability to Asset38. Natural Resource Abundance: A Hidden Drag on Africa's Development?39. The Question of Gender and Human Security in Africa's Extractive Industries40. The Political Economy of Industrialization in Africa41. Industrialization in Africa in the Era of Globalization: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects with a Focus on Manufacturing42. A Critical Appraisal of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Political Economy Approach43. The Political Economy of Micro-Credit in Africa44. Accounting for Choices and Consequences: Examining the Political Economy of S...