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Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa (African Studies)

By Robert H. Bates

Book information

Year
1983
ISBN
0521271010, 9780521271011
LCC
HC800 .B38 1983
Open Library ID
OL3499570M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5135629 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
188\187
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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