The scarce state : inequality and political power in the hinterland
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The scarce state : inequality and political power in the hinterland
（Cambridge studies in comparative politics）
Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-338) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce can have outsize, long-lasting effects on society. The Scarce State reframes our understanding of the political economy of hinterlands through a multi-method study of Northern Ghana alongside shadow cases from other world regions. Drawing on a historical natural experiment, the book shows how the contemporary economic and political elite emerged in Ghana's hinterland, linking interventions by an ostensibly weak state to new socio-economic inequality and grassroots efforts to reimagine traditional institutions. The book demonstrates how these state-generated societal changes reshaped access to political power, producing dynastic politics, clientelism, and violence. The Scarce State challenges common claims about state-building and state weakness, provides new evidence on the historical origins of inequality, and reconsiders the mechanisms linking historical institutions to contemporary politics.
目次
- Part I. Introduction: 1. The politics of state scarcity
- 2. The large effects of scarce states
- 3. Northern Ghana's scarce state
- Part II. Societal Effects: 4. The origins of inequality
- 5. Bottom-Up responses to scarcity
- Part III. Political Effects: 6. Dynasties
- 7. Invented chiefs and distributive politics
- 8. Non-State violence as a state effect
- Part IV. Extending the Argument: 9. Shadow cases
- 10. The paradox of state weakness
- Appendix: Qualitative interviews
- Bibliography
- Index.
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