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'Pathways to Development' draws on a major comparative research effort to present new answers to the question of how politics shapes development.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hickey, Samuel, 1972- (Author), Sen, Kunal, 1961- (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Economic development > Government policy.
Economic development > Political aspects.
Développement économique > Politique gouvernementale.
Développement économique > Aspect politique.
Industry & industrial studies.
Industry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Frontispiece
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Pathways to Development: Introduction
  • Puzzles and an Argument
  • The Rise of Politics in International Development
  • 2. Reconceptualizing the Politics of Development: The Power Domains Approach
  • From New Institutional Economics to the Politics of Elite Bargaining and State-Society Relations
  • Rethinking Political Settlements Analysis: Incorporating a Sense of the Social and the Ideational
  • Power Domains: Towards a New Conceptual Approach
  • Methodological Approach and Country Cases
  • 3. Political Economy Puzzles: How Do Countries Grow and How Can They Avoid the Natural-Resource Curse?
  • How Do Countries Grow?
  • How Can Countries Avoid the Natural-resource Curse?
  • 4. Rights and Recognition Puzzles: When Do Elites Commit to Protecting Vulnerable Citizens?
  • Social Assistance: When Do Elites Support Policy against Poverty and Vulnerability?
  • Anti-domestic-violence Legislation: When Do Elites Support Policy Protecting Vulnerable Groups?
  • 5. Social Provisioning Puzzles: How Can Countries Move from Providing Access to Providing High-Quality Social Services?
  • From Schooling to Learning? The Politics of the Learning Crisis
  • When Do Governments Commit to Improving the Quality of Health-service Provisioning? The Case of Maternal Mortality
  • 6. The Politics of Governance and State Capacity
  • What Explains the Wide Variation in the Success of Public-sector Reform across African Countries?
  • The 'pockets of effectiveness' Phenomenon in Africa
  • 7. Conclusions and Implications
  • What Does This Mean for Rethinking the Politics of Development?
  • Context, Coalitions, and Capacity: The Strategic Implications of Taking Politics Seriously
  • Final Thoughts
  • Appendices.
  • Appendix I: Key Country Contexts
  • Competitive Political Settlements
  • Dominant Political Settlements
  • Appendix II: Pockets of Effectiveness: Methodological Approach
  • References
  • Index.