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Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies
Argues that the interaction of formal institutions and the quality of democracy explain patterns of private sector development across Africa.
Corruption and Government
This new edition of a 1999 classic shows how institutionalized corruption can be fought through sophisticated political-economic reform.
Fifty Years of Bangladesh
Fifty Years of Bangladesh portrays the multi-faceted dimensions of Bangladesh’s development journey, its economic and social transformation and political and cultural contestations. The book presents new empirical data supplemented with critical analysis of processes, actors and actions that have been the drivers of Bangladesh’s transformation and offers new ways of understanding Bangladesh. Organized in six sections, the book provides a multi-disciplinary, holistic and interrelated narrative of the Bangladesh story covering its economic and social transformation, the political history and changing cultural landscapes. It presents new empirical data and proposes new theoretical and analy...
Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India
This book takes issue with existing theories of the relationship between democracy and economic liberalisation.
The Transformation of Nigeria
Professor Toyin Falola, a distinguished Africanist and a leading historian of Nigeria, has established an enduring academic legacy.
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The Politics of Patronage in Africa
This is a general survey of the influence of political factors (especially patronage) on economic performance throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with case studies drawn from Ghana, Zambia and Uganda. North America: Africa World Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers
The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies
This book takes a powerful new approach to a question central to comparative politics and economics: Why do some leaders of fragile democracies attain political success--culminating in reelection victories--when pursuing drastic, painful economic reforms while others see their political careers implode? Kurt Weyland examines, in particular, the surprising willingness of presidents in four Latin American countries to enact daring reforms and the unexpected resultant popular support. He argues that only with the robust cognitive-psychological insights of prospect theory can one fully account for the twists and turns of politics and economic policy in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela duri...
