5. New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Introduction 1
4. Volume Introduction 5
5. I. Political Economy and Conflict
6. 1. Healing the Wounds: Learning from Sierra Leone’s Postwar Institutional Reforms 15
7. 2. The Political Economy of Government Revenues in Postconflict Resource- Rich Africa: Liberia and Sierra Leone 33
8. 3. Does Decentralization Facilitate Access to Poverty- Related Services? Evidence from Benin 57
9. 4. Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village- Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso 103
10. 5. New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa 145
11. II. Government Regulation and Basic Institutions
12. 6. Deals versus Rules: Policy Implementation Uncertainty and Why Firms Hate It 215
13. 7 The Unofficial Economy in Africa 261
14. 8. State versus Consumer Regulation: An Evaluation of Two Road Safety Interventions in Kenya 307
15. III. Long- Run Assessments
16. 9. Fifteen Years On: Household Incomes in South Africa 333
17. 10. Is Tanzania a Success Story? A Long-Term Analysis 357
18. Contributors 433
19. Author Index 435
20. Subject Index 441