Africa works: disorder as political instrument

By K. Hungwe, Patrick Ghabal. 2000

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The State of State Capacity : a review of concepts, evidence and measures (2013, background): “These findings challenge common views pointing at the detrimental effects of democracy in low capacity states (for the African case, for instance, Chabal and Daloz 1999; Lumumba-Kasongo 2005).”
Neopatrimonialism and the Political Economy of Economic Performance in Africa: Critical Reflections (2015, background): “63 chabal and daloz 1999, 41.”
Individualism–collectivism, governance and economic development (2015, positive): “…that the public sphere in collectivist societies is characterized by clientelistic networks which act according to rules of reciprocity that have their origin in a kinship-based social organization, something which fuels patronage and corruption (see also, Chabal and Daloz 1999 and Smith 2003).”
A Cross-Cultural Study of Immediacy, Credibility, and Learning in the U.S. and Kenya (2002, background): “In contrast to low power distance societies like the U.S., where egalitarianism is a primary value, one of the defining characteristics of Kenyan culture is its clear vertical structure in virtually every type of relationship (Chabal & Daloz, 1999).”
The international political economy of the global land rush: A critical appraisal of trends, scale, geography and drivers (2012, background): “They also reflect Africa’s integration into the world economy mainly as a supplier of natural resourcebased commodities, and respond to the political economy of the state in Africa, which is discussed by authors such as Bayart (1993) and Chabal and Daloz (1999).”
The politics of anti-corruption reform in Africa* (2009, background): “…expected to be instrumentalised by the president to purge those perceived as a threat while reinforcing the personal loyalty of others (Bayart 1993; Chabal & Daloz 1999).2 Given that there are very few (if any) powerful individuals who are not guilty of corruption in a predominantly neopatrimonial…”