Where There Is No Government: Enforcing Property Rights in Common Law Africa

by Sandra F. Joireman

It is safe to say that a sizeable majority of the world's population would agree with the proposition that that property rights are important for political and social stability as well as economic growth. But what happens when the state fails to enforce such rights? Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, this is in fact an endemic problem. In Where There is No Government, Sandra Joireman explains how weak state enforcement regimes have allowed private institutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199782482
• ISBN13: 9780199782482
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"