{"product_id":"arrested-development","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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\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\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\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","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55555008561496,"sku":"9781501785054","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781501785054.jpg?v=1779864357","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/arrested-development","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}