{"product_id":"arrested-development-2","title":"Arrested Development","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Marshall Shulman Book Prize of the Harriman Institute of Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArrested Development\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Alessandro Iandolo examines the USSR's role in West Africa during the 1950s and 1960s as an aid donor, trade partner, and political model for newly independent Ghana, Guinea, and Mali.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a strong economy in the 1950s, the USSR expanded its global outreach, supporting economic development in post-colonial Africa and Asia. Many nations saw the Soviet model as a path to political and economic independence. Drawing on extensive Russian and West African archival research, Iandolo explores Soviet ideas, sponsored projects, and their lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoviet specialists worked alongside West African colleagues to design ambitious development plans, build infrastructure, establish collective farms, survey mineral resources, and manage banking and trade. These collaborations—and the tensions they created—shed light on how Soviet and West African visions of development intersected. \u003ci\u003eArrested Development \u003c\/i\u003epositions the USSR as a key player in twentieth-century economic history, reshaping global approaches to modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Alessandro Iandolo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573603270838,"sku":"9781501764455","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781501764455.jpg?v=1712139654","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/arrested-development-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}