Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 47 No. 2 2009
Book Reviews
Abstract
Rema Hanna of Harvard University reviews “When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa” by Robert H. Bates,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Examines late-twentieth-century state failure in Africa, focusing on Rwanda, Sudan, Liberia, and Congo. Discusses the move from fable to fact; political legacies; policy choices; subnational tensions; and when things fall apart. Bates is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, a Faculty Fellow of the Institute for International Development, and a member of the Department of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University. Bibliography; index.”
- DOI
- 10.1257/jel.47.2.482.r23
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 531-532
- Language
- en
- Sources
- crossref