Title :

Institutions and colonisation of Africa : some lessons for French colonial economics

Author(s) :

Zouache, Abdallah [Auteur]
Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques (CLERSE) - UMR 8019

Journal title :

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volume number :

14

Pages :

373-391

Publisher :

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication date :

2018

ISSN :

1744-1374

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

This paper will propose a comparative analysis of the conceptualization of colonisation that could shed light on the contemporary economic analysis of the colonial legacy in Africa. More specifically, this article will ...
Show more >This paper will propose a comparative analysis of the conceptualization of colonisation that could shed light on the contemporary economic analysis of the colonial legacy in Africa. More specifically, this article will propose a return to old debates on colonisation, with a special focus on French 19th century political economy. Three main institutionalist lessons can be drawn from a careful analysis of French colonial economics of the 19th century. First, by institutions, the authors referred not only to the modes of colonisation – liberalism or collectivism? – but also to the actors: What should be the respective role of states and of private actors (entrepreneurs, banks, settlers) in the colonisation of Africa? Second, the colonial debates involved a discussion of property, whether in the sense of land ownership (individual vs. collective) or under the prism of property rights. Third, the analysis of the colonisation of Africa by French economists reveals an understanding of institutions as cultural values, norms or even racial attributes.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale

Collections :

• Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques (CLERSE) - UMR 8019

Research team(s) :

Économies et sociétés : développement, richesse, innovation et régulation

Submission date :

2024-01-31T20:20:22Z
2024-02-06T16:57:20Z