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Author Bates, Robert H.

Title Essays on the political economy of rural Africa / Robert H. Bates
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983

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Description vii, 178 pages ; 24 cm
Series African studies series ; no. 38
African studies series ; 38
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction; Part I. The pre-colonial period; 1. The preservation of order in stateless societies: a reinterpretation of Evans-Pritchard's The Nuer; 2. The centralisation of African societies; Part II. The colonial period; 3. Pressure groups, public policy and agricultural development: a study of divergent outcomes; 4. The commercialisation of agriculture and the rise of rural political protest; Part III. Agrarian society in post-independence Africa; 5. The nature and origins of agricultural policies in Africa; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Analysis Africa Rural regions Economic development Political aspects to 1982
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes African studies series no:38
Subject Agriculture and state -- Africa.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Africa.
Nuer (African people)
Peasants -- Africa.
Rural development -- Political aspects -- Africa.
Rural development -- Africa -- History.
SUBJECT Africa -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001548
Africa http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531 -- Rural conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007670
LC no. 82019757
ISBN 052124563X
0521271010 (paperback)