Against the Odds - Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty

Informationen zum Autor Marcus Andre Melo is Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Center for Public Policy at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil Njuguna Ng'ethe is Associate Research Professor of Political Science and the former Director of the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya James Manor is the Emeka Anyaoku Professor of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, England, and the former V.K.R.V. Rao Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India. Klappentext This is a case study of how three developing countries, Brazil, Uganda and India, all developed broadly similar political devices to combat poverty. It argues that poverty reduction is politically feasible, even under the most daunting of circumstances.

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• Authors: Njuguna/ Manor ethe, James Manor, Marcus Andre Melo, Marcus Andre/ Ng&apos Melo, Marcus Andre/ Ng'ethe Melo, Njuguna Ng'ethe
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9780199327454
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932745-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education