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'This book could not have been written at a better time. While the book focuses on Kenya, it is equally applicable to all of Africa, Latin America, and perhaps to the newly evolving capitalist countries of Eastern Europe. Must reading for advanced students, researchers, and policymakers concerned with Africa, development economics, or institution building.' Choice
'Theoretically rigorous, at times even elegant, this volume further confirms Robert Bates as one of the keenest observers of the complex relationship between politics and economics in the developing world ... Throughout, Bates masterfully expands on his theoretical arguments, demonstrating that it is necessary to anchor an analysis of class formation within an analysis of social structure and that one has to include an analysis of the broader polity within any study of agrarian politics.' American Political Science Review
'... this is an unusually challenging and insightful volume. It is a major contribution to studies of Kenya while its theoretical and methodological rigor make it of interest well beyond the Kenyan context.' International Journal of African Historical Studies
Book Description
As capitalism defeated socialism in Eastern Europe, the market displaced the state in the developing world. Robert Bates focuses on Kenya, a country that continued to grow while others declined in Africa, and criticizes the neo-classical turn in development economics. Attributing Kenya's exceptionalism to its economic institutions, Bates relates its subsequent economic decline to the change from the Kenyatta to the Moi regime--and the subsequent use of the power of economic institutions to redistribute rather than to create wealth.
Beyond the Miracle of the Market : The Political Economy of Agrarian Development in Kenya (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
Beyond the Miracle of the Market : The Political Economy of Agrarian Development in Kenya (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions),Robert H. Bates,Randall Calvert,Thrainn Eggertsson,Cambridge University Press,0521617952,Agriculture,Agriculture and state,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Development - Economic Development,Economic Conditions,Economic aspects,Industries - Agribusiness,Kenya,POLITICS & GOVERNMENT,Political Science / General,Political economy
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