Reflections on neo-liberalism in Africa

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Peter Little, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2008
• Publisher: Berghahm
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: Focaal
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2008.510111
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Focaal - European Journal of Anthropology
• Volume: 51
• Start Page: 148
• End Page: 150
• Keywords: economic changes; neo-liberalism; implications; Africa; social changes
• Research Categories: Economics, General

Abstract

The term “neo-liberalism” increasingly lays claim to an enormous terrain of political, social, economic, and cultural phenomena often so loosely applied and defined that it seems to be lurking almost everywhere. John Clarke’s thickly worded essay is a timely “wake-up” call to those of us (including myself) who often loosely use the term to explain a range of different social and economic changes without careful consideration of the term’s theoretical and empirical implications.