STATE POWER, AGRARIAN POLICIES AND PEASANT WELFARE
STATE POWER, AGRARIAN POLICIES AND PEASANT WELFARE

Author: DAN MOU

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1491889187

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This book identifies and explains the politico-historical forces that underlie agrarian policies in Nigeria. It also examines the impacts of these policies on different social classes and groups, especially the peasantry. The book focuses specifically on the Agricultural Marketing and Commodity Boards in Nigeria from 1945-1985. These boards are examined as state agencies and actions that have direct implications for different classes and groups. The book reveals that the various social classes and groups contested every step of the agrarian policies, right from their agenda setting to actual implementation. Consequently, the contestations affected drastically the policies and outcomes in such a way that the original goals were lost. "I am very impressed with its theoretical scope, command of extant literature and methodological sophistication. Dr. Mou's book should be of immense interest to a broad range of scholars from political theorists, to political economists as well as African area specialists." - Professor Crawford Young, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA. "Dr. Dan Mou...Thanks for contributing to knowledge. Your book is highly expository and full of discoveries... We are proud of you." S.A. Raofu, Chairman, Committee of Deans, AOCOE, Lagos, Nigeria.

Peasant Agriculture, Government, and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Peasant Agriculture, Government, and Economic Growth in Nigeria

Author: Gerald K. Helleiner

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13:

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Study of the economic development of Nigeria since 1900 with particular emphasis on the period since world war 2 - covers economic growth, traditional agriculture, export of agricultural products, marketing boards, price stabilisation, financial aspects, etc., and includes chapters on the infrastructure, education, industrialization, the manufacturing industry and economic planning. Statistical tables, and bibliography pp. 353 to 384.

State-federal Relations in Nigerian Agriculture
State-federal Relations in Nigerian Agriculture

Author: Francis Sulemanu Idachaba

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13:

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An analysis of state-federal relations in developing agricultural economies must first address such issues as the overall role of government, the need for public administrative suppport and the relative roles of state and federal governments during agricultural transformation. After examining the historical antecedents of local-state-federal relations in agricultural development, this paper presents an analytical normative model suggesting guidelines for assigning fiscal responsibilities for agricultural programs among tiers of the government. It then examines empirical evidence against the background of the analytical model; isolates the critical issues in government relations in Nigerian agriculture; and makes some recommendations that may guide relationships in the future. The next sections present a brief sketch of historical antecedents and an analytical model of the criteria for assigning responsibilities for agriculture between state and federal governments. The paper then examines the empirical evidence, while the final section isolates the critical issues in local-state-federal relations in Nigerian agriculture.

Robert McNamara's Other War
Robert McNamara's Other War

Author: Patrick Allan Sharma

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2017-04-07

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0812293932

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Robert McNamara is best known for his key role in the escalation of the Vietnam War as U.S. secretary of defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. The familiar story begins with the brilliant young executive transforming Ford Motor Company, followed by his rise to political power under Kennedy, and culminating in his downfall after eight years of failed military policies. Many believe McNamara's fall from grace after Vietnam marked the end of his career. They were wrong. In Robert McNamara's Other War, Patrick Allan Sharma reveals the previously untold story of what happened next. As president of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981, McNamara changed the way many people thought about international development by shifting the World Bank's focus to poverty alleviation. Though his efforts to redeem himself after his failures in Vietnam were well-intentioned, Sharma argues, his expansion of the World Bank's agenda contributed to a decline in the quality of its activities. McNamara's policies at the Bank also helped lay the groundwork for the economic crises that have plagued the developing world during the past three decades. Not only has Sharma crafted an engaging chronicle of one of the most enigmatic figures in modern American history; he has also produced one of the first detailed histories of the World Bank. He mines previously unstudied Bank documents that have only recently become available to researchers as well as material from archives on three continents. Sharma's extensive research shows that McNamara's influence extended well beyond Vietnam and that his World Bank years may be his most enduring legacy.