This open access book modifies and revitalizes the concept of the ‘developmental state’ to understand the politics of emerging economy through nuanced analysis on the roles of human agency in the context of structural transformation. In other words, there is a revived interest in the...

Joseph Chamberlain, constructive imperialism, and colonial development -- Negotiating development: Nigeria's 1945 development plan -- The agrarian bias: Mackiean policy of agricultural development in Nigeria -- Late colonial agricultural development: the Mokwa scheme -- The legacies of British...