Domestic Politics and Drought Relief in Africa : : Explaining Choices / / Ngonidzashe Munemo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Munemo, Ngonidzashe,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; 1 The Domestic Politics of Drought Relief in Africa --; 2 Drought in Africa and Programs for Relief --; 3 Insecurity, Autocracy, and Drought Relief in Kenya --; 4 The Pathologies of Drought Relief in Zimbabwe --; 5 The Evolution of Drought Relief Policy in Botswana --; 6 Conclusion --; Acronyms --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626371026; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626371026
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ngonidzashe Munemo.

Ngonidzashe Munemo challenges the conventional wisdom that African governments lack the technical capacity and political will to respond to drought and the threat of famine. Through a comparative analysis of three politically disparate countries—Botswana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe—Munemo demonstrates that differences in the ways that governments face similar drought-induced food crisis are the result not of incompetence, but of rational political considerations. His original analysis shows why, in democracies and authoritarian regimes alike, the less effective option is so often the policy choice.