Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Rev. Afr. Polit. Econ. Language English Frequency Quarterly | Discipline Political economy Publication history 1974–present | |
Publisher Carfax Publishers (United Kingdom) | ||
The Review of African Political Economy is a refereed academic journal covering African political economy. It was founded with the help of Lionel Cliffe and is published quarterly by Taylor & Francis since 1974. It focuses in particular on the political economy of inequality, exploitation, and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa.
The chair is currently Janet Bujra of the International Centre for Participation Studies, University of Bradford, and the deputy chair is Ray Bush of the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds.
African Economic Leaders:
1. Nigeria. Economy of Nigeria
2. EACU. Economy of Africa
3. Congo Zaire. Congo Zaire: Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
4. South Africa. Economy of South Africa
5. Maghareb (Morocco). Economic history of Morocco
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 0.762, ranking it 78th out of 161 journals in the category "Political Science".