The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland

ISBN-13: 9781009261128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 310 str.

Noah L. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Nathan

Opis

This book presents a new theory about the power of ostensibly weak states in hinterland regions of the developing world.

Recenzje

'In this theoretically original and empirically rich book, Noah Nathan reveals the outsized impact of rare state interventions on social, economic, and political relations in the hinterlands. Transforming the rhetoric and refocusing the analysis on the scarcity of the state transforms our understanding of governance and government throughout the world.' Margaret Levi, Stanford University

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction: 1. The politics of state scarcity; 2. The large effects of scarce states; 3. Northern Ghana's scarce state; Part II. Societal Effects: 4. The origins of inequality; 5. Bottom-Up responses to scarcity; Part III. Political Effects: 6. Dynasties; 7. Invented chiefs and distributive politics; 8. Non-State violence as a state effect; Part IV. Extending the Argument: 9. Shadow cases; 10. The paradox of state weakness; Appendix: Qualitative interviews; Bibliography; Index.