Political Financing in Developing Countries: A Case from Ghana

ISBN-13: 9780367429560 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 114 str.

Joseph Luna

Opis

This book argues that to fully grasp the decision-making of politicians and political actors in developing countries, we must first understand how politicians finance their campaigns for office—and to whom they are indebted and expected to repay.

Spis treści

Introduction: Two Puzzles in Politics  1. Politicians, Bureaucrats, Contractors, and Chairs  2. The Iron Square of Political Finance  3. Diversification, Kinship, and Failed Public Goods  Conclusion: Towards Antiheroes and Machine-Guided Development

O autorze

Joseph Luna is an Economist at the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, USA. He holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University and has advised international-development projects in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.