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State And Private Sector In Algeria The Politics Of Rentseeking And Failed Devlopment - Westview Series on State, Culture, & Society in Arab North Africa
Author: Bradford Dillman

Shedding new light on Algeria?s descent into economic chaos, this book is a unique interpretation of Algeria?s modern political economy. Chronicling state-business relations through periods of liberalization and structural adjustment, Dillman reveals how a political-military elite tragically undermined a once-promising economy and prevented prod...  more »uctive transformation of the private sector. A system of hydrocarbon rent circulation and policy mismanagement deprived the economy of efficiency, legality, and accountability. Theoretically sophisticated and carefully documented with Algerian primary sources, this work is a valuable addition to the literature on rentier states as well as the politics of development in the Arab world.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9780813337579
ISBN-10: 0813337577
Publication Date: 3/16/2000
Pages: 184
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Publisher: Westview Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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