{"product_id":"challenging-the-state-crisis-and-innovation-in-latin-america-and-africa-paperback-9780521559195","title":"Challenging the State; Crisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africa (Paperback) 9780521559195","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChallenging the State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCrisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the development of Latin America and Africa in the face of challenging political and economic crises.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMerilee S. Grindle (Author), Ellen Comisso (Associate editor), Peter Hall (Associate editor), Joel Samuel Migdal (Associate editor)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521559195, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 February 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.7 x 1.9 cm, 0.477 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...an interesting and wide-ranging piece of work yielding many insights for economists, historians, or political scientists interested in state-society-economy relations.\"    Nicoli Nattrass, International Journal of African Hist. Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 1980s and 1990s posed great challenges to governments in Latin America and Africa. Deep economic crises and significantly heightened pressure for political reform severely taxed their capacity to manage economic and political tasks. These crises pointed to an intense need to reform the state and redefine its relationship to the market and civic society. This book examines the paradox of states that have been weakened by crisis just as their capacity to encourage economic development and provide for effective governance most needs to be strengthened. Case studies of Mexico and Kenya allow the author to analyse the opportunities available for political leadership in moments of crisis, and the constraints on action provided by leadership goals and existing political and economic structures. She argues that while leaders and political structures are often part of the problem, they can also be part of the solution in building more efficient, effective, and responsive states.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Challenging the state: a decade of crisis\u003cbr\u003e 2. Crisis and the state: evidence from Latin America and Africa\u003cbr\u003e 3. Crisis and breakdown in Mexico and Kenya\u003cbr\u003e 4. Imposing state authority\u003cbr\u003e 5. Managing the economy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Administering the public good\u003cbr\u003e 7. Responding to society\u003cbr\u003e 8. States of change.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political structure \u0026amp; processes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political structure \u0026amp; processes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20structure%20\u0026amp;%20processes%20%5BJPH%5D%22\"\u003eJPH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46065982767384,"sku":"9780521559195","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521559195i.jpg?v=1691408566","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/challenging-the-state-crisis-and-innovation-in-latin-america-and-africa-paperback-9780521559195","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}