The progress of development -- Development theory in the postwar period -- State-led development in practice -- The neoclassical answer to failure -- Neoclassical reform in practice -- Development theory in the wake of structural adjustment -- The end of the developmental state -- The end of...

Inequality and instability -- The material formation of regimes -- Regime and culture -- Neoliberal globalization and the crisis of the state -- Manifestations of the crisis -- The crisis comes home -- Epilogue

Though studies of capitalism in Africa traditionally focus on the activities of foreign investment, in Cote d'Ivoire capitalist development has been largely the work of a domestic class of entrepreneurs. This book traces the history of Cote d'Ivoire's capitalist development, beginning with early...