Governance for development in Africa
Subtitle: solving collective action problems
By: David Booth and Diana Cammack
Contributors: Cammack, Diana Rose, 1945- author
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781780325958; 9781780325941; 9781780325972; 9781780325989
Subjects: Politics and government
Description: "Drawing on in-depth empirical research spanning a number of countries in Africa, Booth and Cammack's path-breaking book offers both an accessible overview of issues surrounding governance for development on the continent, whilst also offering a bold new alternative. In doing so, they controversially argue that externally imposed 'good governance' approaches make unrealistic assumptions about the choices leaders and officials are, in practice, able to make. As a result, reform initiatives and assistance programmes supported by donors regularly fail, while ignoring the potential for addressing the causes rather than the symptoms of this situation. In reality, the authors show, anti-developmental behaviours stem from unresolved - yet in principle soluble - collective action problems." -- Publisher website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: From 'good governance' to governance that works; title: The country contexts; title: Maternal health : why is Rwanda doing better than Malawi, Niger and Uganda?; title: The politics of policy incoherence and provider indiscipline; title: The space for local problem-solving and practical hybridity; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: index.