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Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa
Contributor(s): Bates, Robert H. (Author), Anderson, David (Editor), Brown, Carolyn (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0521271010     ISBN-13: 9780521271011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $39.89  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1983
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Annotation: This book addresses several of the classic questions in African Studies.

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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
- Political Science | Political Economy
- Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development
Dewey: 330.960
LCCN: 82019757
Series: Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.62 lbs) 188 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
This book addresses several of the classic questions in African Studies. In the pre-colonial era what were the sources of order in societies without states? And what were the origins of 'traditional' states in Africa? In the colonial period, what caused the divergent patterns of agricultural development? And what were the issues that drove the peasantry into the rebellions which brought an end to colonial rule? Since independence what has been the fate of the African peasantry? What has been the content of the agricultural policies adopted by the governments of Africa? And how can these policies be accounted for? In answering these questions, the book explores various forms of explanation and advances a form of political economy based upon rational-choice analysis.
 
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