04225nam 2200913 450 991082862790332120210731061732.00-520-95852-710.1525/9780520958524(CKB)2550000001256668(EBL)1664639(SSID)ssj0001212336(PQKBManifestationID)11659062(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001212336(PQKBWorkID)11206584(PQKB)10458887(MiAaPQ)EBC1664639(DE-B1597)518838(OCoLC)876344043(DE-B1597)9780520958524(Au-PeEL)EBL1664639(CaPaEBR)ebr10858241(CaONFJC)MIL588391(EXLCZ)99255000000125666820140502h20142014 uy| 0engurunu---uuuuutxtccrMarkets and states in tropical Africa the political basis of agricultural policies /Robert H. Bates, updated and expanded with a new prefaceBerkeley :University of California Press,2014.©20141 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface to the 2014 Edition --Preface to the 2005 Edition --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Policies Toward Cash Crops for Export --2. The Food Sector: The Political Dynamics of Pricing Policies --3. The Food Sector: The Use of Nonprice Strategies --4. The Emerging Industrial Sector --5. The Market as Political Arena and the Limits of Voluntarism --6. Rental Havens and Protective Shelters: Organizing Support Among the Urban Beneficiaries --7. The Origins of Political Marginalism: Evoking Compliance From the Countryside --8. Commonalities and Variations: The Politics of Agricultural Policy --9. Political Reform and Economic Development --Appendix A: Interrelations Between Food Supply, Demand, and Prices --Appendix B: Value Received by Farmers for Export Crops --Bibliography --IndexFollowing independence, most countries in Africa sought to develop, but their governments pursued policies that actually undermined their rural economies. Examining the origins of Africa's "growth tragedy," Markets and States in Tropical Africa has for decades shaped the thinking of practitioners and scholars alike. Robert H. Bates's analysis now faces a challenge, however: the revival of economic growth on the continent. In this edition, Bates provides a new preface and chapter that address the seeds of Africa's recovery and discuss the significance of the continent's success for the arguments of this classic work.Agriculture and stateAfrica, Sub-SaharanAgricultureEconomic aspectsAfrica, Sub-Saharanafrica.african countries.african history.agriculture.business and industry.business.california series on social choice and political economy.cash crops.corrupt governments.economic growth.economic recovery.economics.food sector.governments and governing.growth tragedy.industrial sector.money.political marginalization.political reform.politics.postcolonial africa.postcolonialism.pricing policies.rural economies.urban areas.volunteerism.wealth and poverty.wealth.Agriculture and stateAgricultureEconomic aspects338.1/867Bates Robert H.119357MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQE-BOOK9910828627903321Markets and states in tropical Africa821258UNINA