,BOOK ,REVIEW3 ,GLOBAL ,%AD[S3 ,AFRICA 9 ! ,NEOLIB]AL ,WORLD ,ORD]4 ,JAMES ,F]GUSON 

,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,DAVID ,GRAEB] 

,TEXT 3 

,GLOBAL ,%AD[S3 ,AFRICA 9 ! ,NEOLIB]AL ,WORLD ,ORD]4 ,JAMES ,F]GUSON4 ,DURHAM3 ,DUKE ,UNIV]SITY ,PRESS1 #b#f1 #beg PP4 @s#b#a4#i#e 

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,H[ DO WE ?9K AB\T ! PEOPLE :OSE WAY ( BE+ MOD]N CONSI/S ( FEEL+ ?AT !Y >E NOT ALL[$ TO BE MOD]N8 ,?AT MOD]NITY WAS A PROMISE ?AT WASN'T KEPT8 

,JAMES ,F]GUSON HAS BE5 GRAPPL+ ) SU* QUE/IONS-& MORE BROADLY ) ! DE-POLITICIZATION ( ,AFRICAN POV]TY 9 =EIGN DISC\RSE AT LEA/ S9CE ! ,ANTI-,POLITICS ,MA*9E 7#a#i#i#d74 ,GLOBAL ,%AD[S IS A COLLECTION ( HIS MORE REC5T ESSAYS1 >RANG$ 9TO A BOOK4 ,LIKE MO/ SU* COLLECTIONS IT CONTA9S SOME R$UNDANCIES 7:I* ! ,DUKE $ITORS PROBABLY %\LD HAVE CAU<T71 BUT OV]ALL ! /RUCTURE WORKS4 ,IT BEG9S ) A S]IES ( !ORETICAL REFLECTIONS ON GLOBALIZATION1 SOV]EIGNTY1 MORALITY1 & CIVIL SOCIETY4 ,IT'S ONLY AB\T HALFWAY ?R\< ! BOOK ?AT ,AFRICAN VOICES !MSELVES REALLY MAKE !MSELVES KN[N3 FIR/ VIVIDLY1 WITTILY1 9 A *APT] AB\T A ,ZAMBIAN WEB J\RNAL ORIG9ALLY D$ICAT$ TO A CELEBRATION ( ! UPCOM+ NEOLIB]AL 0,AFRICAN R5AISSANCE0 ?AT SOON DESC5D$ 9TO VITUP]ATION & DESPAIR1 & F9ALLY DEEPLY DI/URB+LY1 AS 9 A LETT] WRITT5 BY TWO TE5AG]S FROM ,GU9EA F\ND FROZ5 9 ! L&+ GE> ( A JET 9 ,BRUSSELS1 APPEAL+ TO 0MEMB]S & (FICIALS ( ,EUROPE0 9 ! NAME ( HUMAN SOLID>ITY TO ASSUAGE ! SUFF]+ ( ,AFRICA'S Y\?4 ,! LATT] 5ABLES ! AU?OR TO ASK3 ,:Y IS IT ?AT WE AN?ROPOLOGI/S1 :O WRITE SO 5?USIA/ICALLY AB\T COLONIAL MIMICRY AS IRONIC RESI/ANCE1 FALL 9TO EMB>RASS$ SIL5CE :5 CONFRONT$ ) MIMICRY ?AT'S ACTUALLY S9C]E EV5 IF IT M]ELY REPRES5TS ! S9C]E DESIRE TO BE TAK5 S]I\SLY AS EQUAL P>TICIPANTS 9 AN EM]G+ GLOBAL COMMUNITY1 TO 5T] 9TO CONV]SATIONS 9 :I* WE \RSELVES HAVE ALWAYS TAK5 = GRANT$ ?AT WE WILL PLAY A P>T8 ,ALL ?IS 9 TURN ALL[S ,F]GUSON TO RETURN TO ! PANORAMIC VIEW = TWO F9AL ESSAYS ON HI]>*IES ( DEVELOPM5T & NEW EXTRACTIVE ECONOMIES1 ) A R5EW$ S5SE ( ! HUMAN BE+S AT /AKE4 

,F]GUSON HAS ! ADMIRABLE QUALITY ( BE+ ABLE TO WRITE ?+S ?AT SEEM UTT]LY COMMONS5SICAL1 EV5 OBVI\S1 UNTIL Y\ REALIZE ?AT NO ONE ELSE HAS ACTUALLY SAID !M4 ,MO/ ( ALL1 HE PROVIDES A BRILLIANT DISSECTION ( ! PRET5SIONS ( NEOLIB]ALISM4 ,MU* ( ! BOOK IS TAK5 FROM ! P]SPECTIVE ( ,ZAMBIA1 A P>TICUL>LY TELL+ CASE BECAUSE ,ZAMBIA IS ONE ( ! C\NTRIES ?AT1 FROM A NEOLIB]AL P]SPECTIVE1 APPE>S TO HAVE DONE EV]Y?+ RI<T4 ,9 ! #a#i#iS !Y HAD PEACE1 DEMOCRACY1 & ! ELECTORATE ACTUALLY *OSE A GOV]NM5T PL$G$ TO FREE M>KET RE=MS & ?AT ACTUALLY C>RI$ !M \T AS PROMIS$4 ,YET ! RESULTS W]E CATA/ROPHIC4 ,AT ! SAME TIME1 DESPITE 5DLESS SELF-RI<TE\S RHETORIC AB\T ,AFRICANS' TR\BLE BE+ ! FAULT ( !IR [N GOV]NM5T'S CORRUPTION & 9ABILITY TO IMPOSE ! RULE ( LAW1 IT'S PRECISELY ! MO/ CORRUPT & VIOL5T 0FAIL$ /ATES0 LIKE ,ANGOLA ?AT HAVE SE5 ! MO/ DRAMATIC RATES ( GR[? EV5 IF ?AT GR[?1 AS 9CREAS+LY 9 ALL ( ,AFRICA1 IS FOCUS$ ON A FEW HI<-TE*1 0GLOBALIZ$0 BUBBLES 7MO/ BE+ HI<LY =TIFI$ 5CLAVES SPECIALIZ+ 9 EXTRACTIVE 9DU/RIES LIKE OIL & DIAMONDS7 ) ALMO/ NO SPILLOV] TO ! SURR\ND+ COMMUNITIES4 ,! LATT] 9 TURN >E RELEGAT$ TO ! /ATUS ( :AT ,FR5* COLONIALI/S US$ TO CALL 0USELESS ,AFRICA10 AB&ON$ BY BO? GOV]NM5TS & ! GLOBAL M>KET 79 :I* CAPITAL DOES NOT 0FL[0 BUT 0LEAPS0 FROM PO9T TO PO9T71 RELEGAT$1 AT BE/1 TO ! M]CIES ( GLOBAL *>ITY4 ,:ILE ,F]GUSON IS C>EFUL NOT TO G5]ALIZE TOO MU* FROM ! ,AFRICAN CASE1 ! IMPLICATIONS >E CLE> 5\<4 ,! PROBLEM IS NOT ?AT ,AFRICA DID NOT ADEQUATELY EMBRACE ! NEOLIB]AL PROJECT4 ,! PROBLEM WAS ?AT ITS /ATES W]E 9 ! WEAKE/ POSITION TO RESI/ IT1 & ?IS IS PRECISELY :AT ?AT PROJECT-A PROJECT ( SUSP5D+ MORAL JUDGM5T FROM ANY?+ BUT ! FAILURES ( BUREAUCRATS & ! POOR1 ( REMOV+ ALL B\ND>IES ON ! MOVEM5T ( CAPITAL :ILE 9CREAS+ !M ON ! MOVEM5T ( PEOPLE1 ( JETTISON+ ANY S5SE ( ANY RESPONSIBILITY ( /ATES [$ EQUALLY TO ALL !IR CITIZ5S- W\LD 9EVITABLY PRODUCE4 ,AS =EIGN !ORI/S1 (T5 AS NOT1 CONT9UE TO MAKE !MSELVES P>T ( ! PROBLEM BY SPLIC+ TOGE!R CATEGORIES ( ANALYSIS LEFT OV] FROM ! OLD RHETORIC ( NATIONAL DEVELOPM5T ) ! NEW NEOLIB]AL ONES1 ,AFRICANS \TSIDE ! BUBBLES >E 9CREAS+LY AB&ON+ ! V]Y IDEA ( AUTONOM\S NATIONAL DEVELOPM5T & EFFECTIVELY CALL+ ! WORLD'S BLUFF BY ASK+3 ,IS !RE1 9 FACT1 AN 9T]NATIONAL COMMUNITY8 ,& IF SO1 H[ DOES ONE JO98 

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