Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy) - Couverture souple

Bates, Robert H. H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520060148 ISBN 13 : 9780520060142

Editeur : University of California Press, 1987

Synopsis

Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa Includes essays that represent a dialogue between theory and data. This volume extends the methods of reasoning developed in collective choice from their original base - the advanced industrial democracies - to different territory; the literature on rural Africa.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0520060148
• ISBN 13: 9780520060142
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196