Many scholars have emphasised the continuity between colonial and post colonial states and politics. So far however few studies exist on the continuity of businesses, i.e. the role played by companies of the former colonial states in the economy and development policies of the newly independent countries as well as in the economy and politics of the former colonial powers. Some scholars have analysed the role of these companies during colonization and decolonization, but if they provide useful information on the way these companies adapted to the new context of the 1950s-1960s, they do not see how they could maintain their interest in the long run confronted with the changing elite of the African states and with the competition from companies of other countries. Continuer la lecture
Colloque “Business/decolonization, development” 13-14 octobre 2016 Strasbourg
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