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African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999
Contributor(s): Van de Walle, Nicolas (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521803640     ISBN-13: 9780521803649
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $90.25  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2001
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science
- Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development
Dewey: 338.96
LCCN: 2001025171
Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" L (1.14 lbs) 306 pages
Review Citations: Choice 03/01/2002 pg. 1292
 
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This book explains why African countries have remained mired in a disastrous economic crisis since the late 1970s. It shows that dynamics internal to African state structures largely explain this failure to overcome economic difficulties rather than external pressures on these same structures as is often argued. Far from being prevented from undertaking reforms by societal interest and pressure groups, clientelism within the state elite, ideological factors and low state capacity have resulted in some limited reform, but much prevarication and manipulation of the reform process, by governments that do not really believe that reform will be effective.
 
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