Bates, Robert H.

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.

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

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

HD 2118 / B329m 2005

338.1/867