State Legitimacy and Development in Africa / / Pierre Englebert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Englebert, Pierre,
• MitwirkendeR: Englebert, Pierre,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Introduction --; Part 1. State Capacity and Development --; 2. The Developmental Capacity of States --; 3. The Paradox of African State Capacity --; Part 2. Explaining Africa’s Capacity Crisis --; 4. Do Social Capital and Ethnic Homogeneity Really Matter? --; 5. State Legitimacy and Developmental Capacity --; Part 3. Confronting the Evidence --; 6. Accounting for Africa’s Development Crisis --; 7. Success and Failure Among African States --; 8. Conclusion: The African State in Transition --; Appendix 1: Notes on Methodology, Definitions, and Data Sources --; Appendix 2: Descriptive Statistics --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685850050; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685850050
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Pierre Englebert.

Englebert argues that differences in economic performance both within Africa and across the developing world can be linked to differences in historical state legitimacy.