African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) pdf epub fb2

African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) by Nicolas Van de Walle pdf epub fb2

African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) Author: Nicolas Van de Walle
Title: African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
ISBN: 0521803640
ISBN13: 978-0521803649
Other Formats: azw doc lrf mobi
Pages: 306 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (September 24, 2001)
Language: English
Category: Politics & Social Sciences
Size PDF version: 1767 kb
Size EPUB version: 1751 kb
Subcategory: Politics & Government




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.