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

• Autore: Harrison Graham <1968, >
• 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-
• 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: 1-134-41401-3; 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.: 9910784088603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in international political economy ; ; 13.