Bates, Robert H.

Markets and states in tropical Africa : the political basis of ag ricultural policies / Robert H. Bates, with a new preface. - 2005 ed. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005. - xvii, 178 p. ; 21 cm. - California series on social choice and political economy .

Originally published: 1981. With new preface.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-166) and index.

Policies toward cash crops for export -- The food sector : the polit ical dynamics of pricing policies -- The food sector : the use of nonpr ice strategies -- The emerging industrial sector -- The market as polit ical arena and the limits of voluntarism -- Rental havens and protectiv e shelters : organizing support among the urban beneficiaries -- The or igins of political marginalism : evoking compliance from the countrysid e.

0520244931 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520244931 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004-058865


Agriculture and state--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

338.1867