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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784088603321

Autore

Harrison Graham <1968, >

Titolo

The World Bank and Africa : the construction of governance states / / Graham Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-41401-3

0-203-60122-X

1-134-41402-1

1-280-07716-6

0-203-50064-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in international political economy ; ; 13

Disciplina

338.91/096

Soggetti

Economic history

Africa Economic policy

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The road to governance the World Bank and Africa; 2 Governance states in Africa conceptualising the encounter between the World Bank and the sovereign frontier; 3 Conceptualising the World Bank governance and global reĢgimes; 4 Introducing post conditionality; 5 The mechanics of post-conditionality; 6 Liberalism and the discourse of reform in governance states; 7 Securing governance states; 8 Neoliberalism's revenge; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shortlisted for the Inaugural International Political Economy Group annual book prize, 2006.An incisive exploration of the interventions of the World Bank in severely indebted African states. Understanding sovereignty as a frontier rather than a boundary, this key study develops a vision of a powerful international organization reconciling a global political economy with its own designs and a specific set of challenges posed by the African region. This analysis details the nature of the World Bank intervention in the sovereign frontier, investigating institutional development, discursiv