|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Economic history |
Africa Economic policy |
Africa Politics and government 1960- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 reĢgimes; 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|