Modern theories of political economy analyze the sources of political power and their uses for economic ends. The key instruments are taxation and regulation. Although international political economy treats states as its unit of analysis, the number of states is endogenous. This is highly pertinent for Africa, which has far more states relative to its population than other regions. Africa's many small states face acute difficulties of supplying the core public good of enforced justice and I apply the new economics of lawlessness developed by Dixit to show the consequences. I argue that due to the difficulties of supplying this key public good from within the state, Africa needs to have more recourse to the international provision: both thro...
The quest for African poverty alleviation has become a global issue and governments of rich nations ...
This book analyses the burgeoning role of African states, leaders and other political actors in inte...
Politics determines or at least influences the direction of individual and national socio-economic c...
Globalization impacts significantly on African states, particularly economically as well as politica...
The challenges of African Economic development feature prominently on the agenda of the internationa...
African economic development is stifled because most countries are notional states. The notional sta...
The state, an all-encompassing term taking in all layers of government from the local to supranation...
Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the con...
ABSTRACT Globalization, as a new concept for the universalisation of capitalism and a market driven ...
The contemporary world system operates with a capitalist world economy and inter-nation state politi...
This is a graduate level seminar in international political economy. While political economy examine...
The marginalised state In most developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, the role of t...
Abstract: Noting data that suggests that Africa oversupplies state failure, the paper probes the so...
The number of conflicts and deaths in Africa is rooted in the complex constructions and conjectures ...
For many developing countries, economic development and prosperity were goals and commitments of the...
The quest for African poverty alleviation has become a global issue and governments of rich nations ...
This book analyses the burgeoning role of African states, leaders and other political actors in inte...
Politics determines or at least influences the direction of individual and national socio-economic c...
Globalization impacts significantly on African states, particularly economically as well as politica...
The challenges of African Economic development feature prominently on the agenda of the internationa...
African economic development is stifled because most countries are notional states. The notional sta...
The state, an all-encompassing term taking in all layers of government from the local to supranation...
Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the con...
ABSTRACT Globalization, as a new concept for the universalisation of capitalism and a market driven ...
The contemporary world system operates with a capitalist world economy and inter-nation state politi...
This is a graduate level seminar in international political economy. While political economy examine...
The marginalised state In most developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, the role of t...
Abstract: Noting data that suggests that Africa oversupplies state failure, the paper probes the so...
The number of conflicts and deaths in Africa is rooted in the complex constructions and conjectures ...
For many developing countries, economic development and prosperity were goals and commitments of the...
The quest for African poverty alleviation has become a global issue and governments of rich nations ...
This book analyses the burgeoning role of African states, leaders and other political actors in inte...
Politics determines or at least influences the direction of individual and national socio-economic c...