Markets and states in tropical Africa : the political basis of agricultural policies /
Robert H. Bates, with a new preface.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.
- xvii, 178 p. ; 21 cm.
- California series on social choice and political economy .
- 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 political dynamics of pricing policies -- The food sector : the use of nonprice strategies -- The emerging industrial sector -- The market as political arena and the limits of voluntarism -- Rental havens and protective shelters : organizing support among the urban beneficiaries -- The origins of political marginalism : evoking compliance from the countryside.