Explaining Successes in Africa: Things Don’t Always Fall Apart PDF
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Explaining SUCCESSES in Africa SECOND EDITION Explaining Asia SUCCESSES Pacific in Africa in World Things Don’t Always Fall Apart Politics Erin Accampo Hern Derek McDougall boulder london Published in the United States of America in 2023 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 1800 30th Street, Suite 314, Boulder, Colorado 80301 www.rienner.com and in the United Kingdom by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. Gray’s Inn House, 127 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1 5DB www.eurospanbookstore.com/rienner © 2023 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hern, Erin Accampo, 1987– author. Title: Explaining successes in Africa : things don’t always fall apart / Erin Accampo Hern. Description: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Analyzes the performance of African countries that have achieved political and economic successes”—Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2022039029 (print) | LCCN 2022039030 (ebook) | ISBN 9781955055789 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781955055796 (paperback) | ISBN 9781685852658 (ebook) | ISBN 9781685852795 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Comparative government. | Africa—Politics and government—1960– | Africa—Economic conditions. | Africa—Social conditions. Classification: LCC DT30.5 .H475 2023 (print) | LCC DT30.5 (ebook) | DDC 960.3/2—dc23/eng/20220817 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022039029 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022039030 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Printed and bound in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1992. 5 4 3 2 1 Contents List of Tables and Figures vii Acknowledgments ix 1 Explaining Successes in Africa: Why and How 1 2 Overcoming Obstacles to Economic Growth 17 3 Achieving Good Governance 47 4 Public Health Responses to Malaria 73 5 City Planning for Climate Adaptation 99 6 Advancing Gender Equality 123 7 African Successes in Comparative Perspective 149 Appendix 1: Data Sources 159 Appendix 2: Case Selection 161 Works Cited 165 Index 183 About the Book 189 v Tables and Figures Tables 1.1 Example of Most-Different Case Analysis 6 1.2 Example of Most-Similar Case Analysis 7 1.3 Example of Stage One Most-Different Comparison 9 1.4 Example of Stage Two Most-Similar Comparisons 10 2.1 Theories and Hypotheses of Economic Development 26 2.2 Theories as Applied to Gabon and Seychelles 28 3.1 Theories Explaining Good Governance 55 3.2 Theories as Applied to Mauritius and Botswana 57 4.1 Theories of Public Health Success 78 4.2 Theories as Applied to Guinea-Bissau and Malawi 80 5.1 Theories of Climate Adaptation Action 105 5.2 Theories as Applied to Lagos and Durban 107 6.1 Theories of Gender Equality 128 6.2 Theories as Applied to Rwanda and Senegal 130 Figures 1.1 Distribution of Categories Identified as “Most Important” 13 in Afrobarometer 2.1 HDI in African Countries, 2019 18 3.1 African Countries as Scored by the World Governance 49 Indicator, 2019 4.1 Malaria Incidence and Percent Reduction, 2000–2018 75 5.1 African Cities with GCoM Badges 102 6.1 Gender Equality by Country 125 vii
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