Domestic politics and drought relief in Africa : explaining choices / Ngonidzashe Munemo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munemo, Ngonidzashe, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Droughts--Government policy--Africa.

Droughts.

Food prices--Government policy--Africa.

Food prices.

Africa--Economic policy--21st century.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ngonidzashe Munemo challenges the conventional wisdom that African governments lack the technical capacity and political will to respond to drought and the threat of famine. Through a comparative analysis of three politically disparate countries—Botswana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe—Munemo demonstrates that differences in the ways that governments face similar drought-induced food crisis are the result not of incompetence, but of rational political considerations. His original analysis shows why, in democracies and authoritarian regimes alike, the less effective option is so often the policy choice.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Domestic Politics of Drought Relief in Africa""; ""The Question""; ""The Argument""; ""Institutional and Structural Explanations""; ""Research Methods""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Notes""; ""2-Drought in Africa and Programs for Relief""; ""Drought in Africa""; ""Programs for Relief""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""3-Insecurity, Autocracy, and Drought Relief in Kenya""; ""The Origin of Autocracy and Insecurity in Kenya""; ""Insecurity and Autocracy in Kenya, 1978 to 1984""

""How Vulnerability Shaped an Autocrat�s Response to Drought""""Conclusion and Implications""; ""Notes""; ""4-The Pathologies of Drought Relief in Zimbabwe""; ""Instability and Insecurity in the Early Years of Independence, 1980-1985""; ""Creating Stable and Secure Personal Incumbency in Zimbabwe, 1985-1995""; ""Political Insulation, 1995-1999""; ""Secure Incumbency Crumbles, 2000 and Beyond""; ""Summary and Comparisons with Kenya""; ""Notes""; ""5-The Evolution of Drought Relief Policy in Botswana""; ""The Colonial Origin of Institutional Insecurity in Botswana, 1885-1966""

""Post-Independence Insecurity""""The Consolidation of Institutional Incumbency in Botswana, 1980 and Beyond""; ""Summary and Comparisons with Kenya and Zimbabwe""; ""Notes""; ""6-Conclusion""; ""General Implications""; ""Notes""; ""Acronyms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-102-4

OCLC:

1334344073