Beyond the Miracle of the Market: The Political Economy of Agrarian Development in Kenya

ISBN-13: 9780521617956 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 226 str.

Massachusetts) Robert H. Bates (Harvard University

Opis

As capitalism defeated socialism in Eastern Europe, the market displaced the state in the developing world. Robert Bates focuses on Kenya, a country that continued to grow while others declined in Africa, and criticizes the neo-classical turn in development economics. Attributing Kenya's exceptionalism to its economic institutions, Bates relates its subsequent economic decline to the change from the Kenyatta to the Moi regime--and the subsequent use of the power of economic institutions to redistribute rather than to create wealth.

Recenzje

'… a new edition of a very successful volume first published in 1989. … I was struck by how well the … book has aged. It is a complex story, but well told … [it] shows a truly sophisticated and deep understanding of the new institutionalist analysis.' Public Choice

Spis treści

1. The demand for revolution: the agrarian origins of Mau Mau; Appendix 1A. Kinship and stratification; 2. Material interest and political preference: the agrarian origins of political conflict; 3. Institutional structure, agricultural development, and political conflict; 4. From drought to famine: the dynamics of subsistence crises; Appendix 4A. The buying center program; 5. The politics of food crises; Appendix 5A. Famine: Meru, August 1984.