Noah L Nathan

The Scarce State

Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland

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Produktbeschreibung

"The book explores the politics of hinterlands in the developing world, showing that even in peripheral regions where the state appears weakest, it has significant power to transform society. The book challenges classic theories of state-building and provides lessons for policymakers promoting development in some of the world's poorest regions"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9781009261104
• ISBN-10: 100926110X
• Artikelnr.: 65948104

Autorenporträt

Noah L. Nathan is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Electoral Politics and Africa's Urban Transition: Class and Ethnicity in Ghana (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. The politics of state scarcity
2. The large effects of scarce states
3. Northern Ghana's scarce state
Part II. Societal Effects: 4. The origins of inequality
5. Bottom-Up responses to scarcity
Part III. Political Effects: 6. Dynasties
7. Invented chiefs and distributive politics
8. Non-State violence as a state effect
Part IV. Extending the Argument: 9. Shadow cases
10. The paradox of state weakness
Appendix: Qualitative interviews
Bibliography
Index.