Beyond the Miracle of the Market: The Political Economy of Agrarian Development in Kenya

by Robert H. Bates

Book Overview

As capitalism defeated socialism in Eastern Europe, the market displaced the state in the developing world. In Beyond the Miracle of the Market, first published in 2005, Bates focuses on Kenya, a country that continued to grow while others declined in Africa, and mounts a prescient critique of the neo-classical turn in development economics. Attributing Kenya's exceptionalism to its economic institutions, this book pioneers the use of 'new institutionalism'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521617952
• ISBN13: 9780521617956
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"