Some problems in the political economy of 'African Socialism

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Title:	Some problems in the political economy of 'African Socialism
Authors:	Gibbon, Peter Neocosmos, Michael
Book title:	Contradictions of accumulation in Africa: studies in economy and state
Year:	1985
Pages:	153-206
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	farmers political economy socialism
Abstract:	The authors begin with a critical examination of the work of Henry Bernstein who put foreward as a central question to be investigated the previously largely unacknowledged struggle between State and peasantry under 'African socialism'. The wider objective of this chapter is to address in a new light some of the problems examined in the existing literature, including that of the nature and causes of the contradiction between peasants and State. Bibliogr., notes.