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State Legitimacy and Development in Africa. By Pierre Englebert. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2000. 243p. $55.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2005

James R. Scarritt
James R. Scarritt
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University of Colorado at Boulder,,
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Abstract

In this well-informed, theoretically and methodologically sophisticated, and highly innovative book, and in related articles that appeared recently in Political Research Quarterly (53 [March 2000]: 7-36) and World Development (28 [Octo- ber 2000]: 1821-35), Pierre Englebert proposes and tests the hypothesis that variations in vertical and horizontal state legitimacy account for variations in the developmental capac- ity and economic growth of African states and of Africa in comparison to other world regions. Developmental capacity, which combines an index of specific economic policies (em- phasizing a free market and human capital) and an index of good governance, is the crucial intervening variable between state legitimacy and growth.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 498 - 499
Copyright
2001 by the American Political Science Association

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