The World Bank and Africa : the construction of governance states / / Graham Harrison
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| Autore: |
Harrison Graham <1968, >
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| Titolo: |
The World Bank and Africa : the construction of governance states / / Graham Harrison
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.91/096 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic history |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa Economic policy |
| Africa Politics and government 1960- | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 régimes; 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The World Bank and Africa |
| ISBN: | 0-203-60122-X |
| 1-134-41402-1 | |
| 1-280-07716-6 | |
| 0-203-50064-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450566303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge advances in international political economy ; ; 13.