Beyond the Miracle of the Market: The Political Economy of Agrarian Development in Kenya (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521852692)

As capitalism defeated socialism in Eastern Europe, the market displaced the state in the developing world. Robert Bates focuses on Kenya, a country that continued to grow while others declined in Africa, and criticizes the neo-classical turn in development economics. Attributing Kenya's exceptionalism to its economic institutions, Bates relates its subsequent economic decline to the change from the Kenyatta to the Moi regime--and the subsequent use of the power of economic institutions to redistribute rather than to create wealth.

Author: Robert H. Bates
ISBN-10: 0521852692
ISBN-13: 9780521852692
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/09/2005
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.08w x 0.72d