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State Legitimacy and Development in Africa / Pierre Englebert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685850050
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1. State Capacity and Development -- 2. The Developmental Capacity of States -- 3. The Paradox of African State Capacity -- Part 2. Explaining Africa’s Capacity Crisis -- 4. Do Social Capital and Ethnic Homogeneity Really Matter? -- 5. State Legitimacy and Developmental Capacity -- Part 3. Confronting the Evidence -- 6. Accounting for Africa’s Development Crisis -- 7. Success and Failure Among African States -- 8. Conclusion: The African State in Transition -- Appendix 1: Notes on Methodology, Definitions, and Data Sources -- Appendix 2: Descriptive Statistics -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Englebert argues that differences in economic performance both within Africa and across the developing world can be linked to differences in historical state legitimacy.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1. State Capacity and Development -- 2. The Developmental Capacity of States -- 3. The Paradox of African State Capacity -- Part 2. Explaining Africa’s Capacity Crisis -- 4. Do Social Capital and Ethnic Homogeneity Really Matter? -- 5. State Legitimacy and Developmental Capacity -- Part 3. Confronting the Evidence -- 6. Accounting for Africa’s Development Crisis -- 7. Success and Failure Among African States -- 8. Conclusion: The African State in Transition -- Appendix 1: Notes on Methodology, Definitions, and Data Sources -- Appendix 2: Descriptive Statistics -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Englebert argues that differences in economic performance both within Africa and across the developing world can be linked to differences in historical state legitimacy.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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