Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty

by Njuguna Ng'ethe, Marcus André Melo, James Manor

Against the Odds is a Machiavellian study of the machinations of three senior politicians in quite different developing countries who adroitly played the tough political game in ways that reduced poverty.

The three--former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh--had scarcely heard of one another, and never communicated. And yet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199327459
• ISBN13: 9780199327454
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher