Institutionalizing Development Policies and Resource Strategies in Eastern Africa and India: Developing Winners or Losers

by Martin Doornbos

In many development contexts, there is a wide range of different agencies and arrangements, constituting a virtual universe of development institutions, which deserve attention for their role in the politics of resource mobilization, allocation and extraction. The premise of this book is that critical assessment of development policies and initiatives requires examining the institutional arrangements that give shape to specific patterns of interaction, relations of power and distributions of burdens and benefits, and calls for special attention to the politics of institutional design.

312 pages, Hardcover

Published December 7, 1999

About the author

Martin Doornbos is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Social Studies. His current work includes issues of post-war rehabilitation and development, resource conflicts, and identity and power. Recent publications include Institutionalizing Development Policies and Resource Strategies in Eastern Africa and India: Developing Winners and Losers (Macmillan, 2000); Post-conflict Eritrea: Prospects for Reconstruction and Development, co-edited with Alemseged Tesfay (Red Sea Press, 1999); and Dynamics of State Formation: India and Europe Compared, co-edited with Sudipta Kaviraj (Sage Publications, 1997).