Volume 17, Issue 1: Development States and African Agriculture
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Developmental States and African Agriculture: an Editorial Preface
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Analysing the Politics of African State Policy: Some Thoughts on Robert Bates' Work
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY The problem of Africa's politics has become more acute as the economic position of the continent has deteriorated. With various nations now rapidly disintegrating under the social and economic pressures of the ... -
The Politics of Agricultural Policy – A Reply
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY This article attempts to specify Bienefeld's position, to critique it, and to posit an agenda for research. Bienefeld's position is characterised as holding that international determinants of the African economies ... -
State Power and Economic Inefficiency : Explaining Political Failture in Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY The problem of agricultural crisis in Africa has forced a review of the highly centralised and bureaucratised structures used to provide services to farmers since independence, and has resulted in a return to ... -
State and Agriculture in Africa: A Case of Means and Ends
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY This article examines the argument that the problems of implementing the development programmes of African governments arise from the political necessity to maintain power. In response to this, it is argued that ... -
Dilemmas of Sustaining Parastatal Success: The Botswana Meat Commission
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY Parastatals typically receive little detailed treatment in studies of the African state, and are commonly regarded as failures. The experience of the Botswana Meat Commission, one instance of a highly successful ... -
Public Policy in the Development of Export Crops: Pineapples and Tea in Kenya
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY This article examines the organisation of production and role of the state in the development of two agricultural commodities in Kenya: pineapples and tea. It explores the variation in policy strategy and public ... -
State Intervention at the Cabbage?Roots: A Case Study from Kenya
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY This case study concerns fresh produce marketing in the Taita Hills region of south?eastern Kenya. A brief historical review of cash agriculture there notes the support given to marketing cooperatives by both ... -
Village Responses to Food Marketing Alternatives in Northern Zambia: The Case of the Mambwe Economy
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY This article assesses the relative merits of two styles in food marketing from the perspective of small?scale producer?sellers in rural Zambia. Of the alternatives — state?controlled maize cropping; free?market ... -
African States and Agriculture: Issues for Research
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)SUMMARY This article assesses the relative merits of two styles in food marketing from the perspective of small?scale producer?sellers in rural Zambia. Of the alternatives — state?controlled maize cropping; free?market ... -
Developmental States and African Agriculture: An Editorial Postscript
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1986)