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.

Assesses the evolution and current state of African political economy Approaches African political economy in its theoretical, historical and policy dimensions Encompasses all regions of Africa, incl. Southern, West, East, North, Central Africa and African Islands Presents multidisciplinary perspectives from Politics, International Relations, Development Studies, Economics, History and Sociology Adopts both historical and sectoral approaches that are absent in other Handbooks Accessibly written for both academics as well as practitioners from African Development Bank et al

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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 Africa.- Part I Historical and Theoretical Foundations of African Political Economy.- 2. Left, Right and Centre: On Regrounding a Progressive Political Economy of Africa for the Twenty-First Century.- 3. Four Journeys of Capital and Their Consequences for Africa.- 4. History of Racial Capitalism in Africa: Violence, Ideology, and Practice.- 5. African Political Economy and Its Transformation into Capitalism.- 6. The Political Economy of Africa.- 7. Streets and Boardrooms as Hegemonic Spaces in Shaping Political Economy in Africa.- 8. Contextualizing the State Structure Requisite for Africa's Development.- Part II African Political Economy Thinkers.- 9. Kwame Nkrumah's Political Economy of Africa.- 10. Thomas Sankara and a Political Economy of Happiness.- 11. The Political Economy of Claude Ake.- 12. A Historical Political Economy Approach to Africa's Economic Development: A Critiqueof Thandika Mkandawire's Interests and Incentives, Ideas, and Institutions.- 13. Amilcar Cabral, the Theory as a Weapon of the Oppressed and Africa's Predicament Today.- 14. Adebayo Adedeji: Africa's Foremost Prophet of Regional Integration.- 15. Tracing Moyo's Intellectual Footprint on Land and Agrarian Questions in the Global South.- 16. Thabo Mbeki: The Formation of a Philosopher of Liberation.- 17. The Political Economy of the African Crisis Through the Lenses of Bade Onimode.- Part III The State and the Political Economy of Development in Africa.- 18. Developmental State and the Political Economy of Local Government in Africa: A Case Study of South Africa.- 19. 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 Uganda.- 21. Neoliberalism, Economic Crisis, and Domestic Coffee Marketing in Tanzania.- 22. Analysis of Community-Driven Human Security Interventions in Africa: The Case of the Northern Region of Ghana.- 23. A Political Economy of Regulatory Policy: The Case of 'Illegal' Small-Scale Mining in Ghana.- 24. Fertilizer Policy, Governance, and Agricultural Transformation in Nigeria: A Review of Political Economy from Historical Perspectives.- 25. Deindustrialization and Entrepreneur Dynamism: An Assessment of the Replacement of Industrial Clusters with Event Centers in Lagos, Nigeria.- Part IV Political Economy of Reforms in Africa.- 26. Economic Reforms in Africa: A Critical Appraisal.- 27. African Development Strategies: Whither NEPAD?.- 28. The Global Financial Crisis and the African Economy.- 29. Impact of Public Debt and Governance on Economic Growth in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries.- 30. China's Development Finance to Africa and the Spectre of Debt Distress.- 31. Euro-Africa Relations and Development in a Multi-Polar World: Nigeria and South Africa in Comparative Perspectives.- 32. Engendering Development: Any Lessons for Africa from the BRICS Countries?.- 33. Developmental State and Development Alternatives: Lessons from Cuba.- 34. The State, Resources and Developmental Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Part V Sectoral Approaches to Africa Political Economy.- 35. Sectoral Approaches to African Political Economy.- 36. Natural Resources and African Economies: Asset or Liability?.- 37. Natural Resources and African Economies: Turning Liability to Asset.- 38. Natural Resource Abundance: A Hidden Drag on Africa's Development?.- 39. The Question of Gender and Human Security in Africa's Extractive Industries.- 40. The Political Economy of Industrialization in Africa.- 41. Industrialization in Africa in the Era of Globalization: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects with a Focus on Manufacturing.- 42. A Critical Appraisal of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Political Economy Approach.- 43. The Political Economy of Micro-Credit in Africa.- 44. Accounting for Choicesand Consequences: Examining the Political Economy of Social Policy in Africa.- 45. Public Health and Political Economy of Development in Africa.- 46. Afro-Eco-Entrepreneurship Development in Africa: Utilizing Green Culture Advocacy as a Synthesis for Political-Ecological Justice Activism.- Part VI Security and Political Economy of Africa.- 47. Counting Lives: Colonial Institutions and Africa's Prevailing Conflicts.- 48. The Political Economy of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Twenty-First-Century Africa: A Critical Evaluation.- 49. The Political Economy of External Intervention in Africa's Security.- 50. The Political Economy of Insecurity in Africa: Focus on North East, Nigeria.- 51. Mediating Nation-Building in Post-colonial Africa: Addressing the Security and Development Nexus on the Continent.- Part VII Regional Integration and Africa Political Economy.- 52. The Languages and Grammar of Regionalism.- 53. Regional Integration and Challenges of Implementation in Africa: Some Missing Gaps.- 54. African Regional Integration and Pan-Africanism: The Case of African Migrants' Welfare in Africa.- 55. The Political Economy of State-Sponsored Repatriation of Economic Migrants in Africa.- 56. Southern Africa's Regionalism Driven by Realism.- 57. Development Without Borders? Informal Cross-Border Trade in Africa.- 58. The Relevance of the European Union Integration Experience to the African Union's Integration Process.