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Growing Apart: Oil, Politics and Economic Change in Indonesia and Nigeria (Interests, Identities & Institutions in Comparative Politics) Book

Indonesian and Nigerian politics paralleled each other to a remarkable degree before diverging suddenly when oil money came into play. This book suggests that the...Read More

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    "Growing Apart is an important and distinguished contribution to the literature on the political economy of development. Indonesia and Nigeria have long presented one of the most natural opportunities for comparative study. Peter Lewis, one of America's best scholars of Nigeria, has produced the definitive treatment of their divergent development paths. In the process, he tells us much theoretically about when, why, and how political institutions shape economic growth."
    —Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 

     

    "Growing Apart is a careful and sophisticated analysis of the political factors that have shaped the economic fortunes of Indonesia and Nigeria. Both scholars and policymakers will benefit from this book's valuable insights."
    —Michael L. Ross, Associate Professor of Political Science, Chair of International Development Studies, UCLA

    "Lewis presents an extraordinarily well-documented comparative case study of two countries with a great deal in common, and yet with remarkably different postcolonial histories. His approach is a welcome departure from currently fashionable attempts to explain development using large, multi-country databases packed with often dubious measures of various aspects of 'governance.'"
    —Ross H. McLeod, Editor, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

    "This is a highly readable and important book. Peter Lewis provides us with both a compelling institutionalist analysis of economic development performance and a very insightful comparative account of the political economies of two highly complex developing countries, Nigeria and Indonesia. His well-informed account generates interesting findings by focusing on the ability of leaders in both countries to make credible commitments to the private sector and assemble pro-growth coalitions. This kind of cross-regional political economy is often advocated in the profession but actually quite rare because it is so hard to do well. Lewis's book will set the standard for a long time."

    —Nicolas van de Walle, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies, Cornell University

     

    Peter M. Lewis is Associate Professor and Director of the African Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.

  • 0472069802
  • 9780472069804
  • Peter M. Lewis
  • 15 May 2007
  • The University of Michigan Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 360
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