The Road Oft Traveled

[t]he origins of economic policies in Africa remain terribly under-studied and Quinn should be commended for having taken on this difficult topic. Not the least of the merits of this book, it has opened up a fascinating set of issues for scholars to persue in the coming years. -International Politics ?[t]he origins of economic policies in Africa remain terribly under-studied and Quinn should be commended for having taken on this difficult topic. Not the least of the merits of this book, it has opened up a fascinating set of issues for scholars to persue in the coming years.?-International Politics ?John James Quinn's book contributes to the literature on the political origins of Africa's development failures.?-APSANET.ORG ?Recommended for academic collections, upper-division undergraduate through faculty.?-Choice ?The Road Oft Traveled tackles fascinating and important explanatory factors, and many of the ideas are essential for trying to understand the complexity of sub-Saharan African economies. The author has demonstrated with case studies that majority state ownership of either most industries or the entire major export-producing sector of a country is consistently associated with more inward-oriented economic policies that hamper a country's economic growth and development. The book will be helpful to students who want to study sub-Saharan African economics immediately after colonial rule, from th early 1960s until the mid-1980s. Africa's economic instabilities are the consequences of both external and internal forces. We must, therefore, examine Africa from both these lens. conclusion?-Contemporary Sociology John James Quinn's book contributes to the literature on the political origins of Africa's development failures. -APSANET.ORG Recommended for academic collections, upper-division undergraduate through faculty. -Choice Sub-Saharan Africa stands out as the world's poorest and least developed region. Political scientists have long argued that political factors are largely to blame, and see Africa's economic woes growing out of distinctive government institution and inappropriate development policies. -www.apsanet.org The Road Oft Traveled tackles fascinating and important explanatory factors, and many of the ideas are essential for trying to understand the complexity of sub-Saharan African economies. The author has demonstrated with case studies that majority state ownership of either most industries or the entire major export-producing sector of a country is consistently associated with more inward-oriented economic policies that hamper a country's economic growth and development. The book will be helpful to students who want to study sub-Saharan African economics immediately after colonial rule, from th early 1960s until the mid-1980s. Africa's economic instabilities are the consequences of both external and internal forces. We must, therefore, examine Africa from both these lens. conclusion -Contemporary Sociology