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Africa's Stalled Development: International Causes and Cures
Leonard, David K., Straus, Scott
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Description for Africa's Stalled Development: International Causes and Cures
Hardcover. This discussion of Africa's stagnant economies and civil disorders examines the dysfunctional incentives under which the continent's political and economic elites typically operate and offers a new way of thinking about Africa's development dilemmas and the policy options for addressing them. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
This discussion of Africa's stagnant economies and civil disorders examines the dysfunctional incentives under which the continent's political and economic elites typically operate and offers a new way of thinking about Africa's development dilemmas and the policy options for addressing them. Weak states, personal rule and aid dependence, argue the authors, combine to create deep disincentives to development. Most often, these negative structural features are sustained by the nature of Africa's interaction with the rest of the international system; thus, the cure must come from a radical restructuring of that relationship. The specific, and decidedly controversial, prescription for change that ... Read more
This discussion of Africa's stagnant economies and civil disorders examines the dysfunctional incentives under which the continent's political and economic elites typically operate and offers a new way of thinking about Africa's development dilemmas and the policy options for addressing them. Weak states, personal rule and aid dependence, argue the authors, combine to create deep disincentives to development. Most often, these negative structural features are sustained by the nature of Africa's interaction with the rest of the international system; thus, the cure must come from a radical restructuring of that relationship. The specific, and decidedly controversial, prescription for change that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Pub
Condition
New
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9781588261403
SKU
V9781588261403
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About Leonard, David K., Straus, Scott
David K. Leonard is dean of international and area studies and professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). He has been working in and on Africa since 1983. Scott Straus, formerly a Nairobi-based journalist, is at present at UCB completing dissertation research on the Rwandan genocide.
Reviews for Africa's Stalled Development: International Causes and Cures
A provocative statement on the impediments to development in Africa and the challenges of reform. The authors offer a distinctive argument, weaving domestic and international factors into a coherent vision of change. - Peter Lewis, American University ""This carefully crafted and very readable book provides a set of refreshing perspectives on Africa's 'failed development,' leading to a range of important ... Read more