Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa

Klappentext This book addresses several of the classic questions in African Studies. Zusammenfassung This book addresses several of the classic questions in African Studies. In answering these questions! the book explores various forms of explanation and advances a form of political economy based upon rational-choice analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. The pre-colonial period; 1. The preservation of order in stateless societies: a reinterpretation of Evans-Pritchard's The Nuer; 2. The centralisation of African societies; Part II. The colonial period; 3. Pressure groups, public policy and agricultural development: a study of divergent outcomes; 4. The commercialisation of agriculture and the rise of rural political protest; Part III. Agrarian society in post-independence Africa; 5. The nature and origins of agricultural policies in Africa; Conclusion; Notes; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert H. Bates
• Con la collaborazione di: David Anderson (Editore), Carolyn Brown (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.1983
• EAN: 9780521271011
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27101-1
• Pagine: 188
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Cultural
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva