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Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty
Marcus Andre Melo
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Description for Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty
Paperback. This is a case study of how three developing countries, Brazil, Uganda and India, all developed broadly similar political devices to combat poverty. It argues that poverty reduction is politically feasible, even under the most daunting of circumstances. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; JPQB; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Against the Odds is a Machiavellian study of the machinations of three senior politicians in quite different developing countries who adroitly played the tough political game in ways that reduced poverty. The three - former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh - had scarcely heard of one another, and never communicated. And yet they used a broadly similar repertoire of political devices - persuasion, distractions, bargaining, stealth and pressure - to pursue broadly similar goals. They demonstrated two crucial things: poverty reduction is ... Read more
Against the Odds is a Machiavellian study of the machinations of three senior politicians in quite different developing countries who adroitly played the tough political game in ways that reduced poverty. The three - former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh - had scarcely heard of one another, and never communicated. And yet they used a broadly similar repertoire of political devices - persuasion, distractions, bargaining, stealth and pressure - to pursue broadly similar goals. They demonstrated two crucial things: poverty reduction is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849041195
SKU
V9781849041195
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About Marcus Andre Melo
Marcus Andre Melo is Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Center for Public Policy at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil. Njuguna Ng'ethe is Associate Research Professor of Political Science and the former Director of the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya. James Manor is the Emeka Anyaoku Professor of Commonwealth Studies, School ... Read more
Reviews for Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty
The key message of this uplifting and hugely important book is that 'politics matters; politicians matter'. The authors show that political entrepreneurship in the service of the poor is not only possible, but can be made to work, including for the politician. Institutions matter, and so do path dependencies, but not as much as we are often told. That's another ... Read more