“The Battle of Ideas” Economic Brain Waves of the Centuries: III

Predicated on the microscopic analysis of developmentalism promoted by regimes and their Nobel Prize flaunting patriarchs, real politik in currency that has effectively promoted freedom from fear and want has been put to the back burner. Analysis by Ake (1990) and Costantinos (1996) delve into the penury of ideological narratives of post-colonial African regimes: developmentalism, which conformed neither to the delusionary neo-liberal camp nor to the insipid venom of African Socialism. In combination with the vacuum in development theories and the resultant paradigmatic gridlock, the ills of governmentality are undergirded by the perpetuation of unbridled power. The cast to which the African state formation was to be moulded under the Western form of political domination failed miserably because of the resolute defiance of indigenous cultures which neither had a problem of character defect or ethical failure as it is one of misinterpretation arising from the deconstruction of human society and its history. The key to an effective developmental state is state capacity, it not only needs a competent bureaucracy, it also needs an effective relationship with the domestic academia and business class that will inevitably be at the centre of any successful developmental initiatives.
See lecture here or https://www.academia.edu/12595869/_The_Battle_of_Ideas_Economic_Brain_Waves_of_the_Centuries_Influences_on_Public_Policy_thoughts_of_State_Effectiveness_and_Transformation_-_Part_IV