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Mit dem Übergang zur Demokratie wurden vom Obasonjo-Regime mehrere Grundsatzdokumente veröffentlicht, mit deren Hilfe die Wirtschaftspolitik neu justiert werden sollte. Die Nigerian Economic Summit Group, die die Wirtschaftspolitik des Regimes wesentlich beeinflusst hat, legt mit der Schrift ein Aktionsprogramm vor, das die Politik anleiten soll. Es zeigt im ersten Teil die Grundprinzipien der Wirtschaftspolitik auf (nachhaltige wirtschaftliche Entwicklung), versucht im zweiten Teil eine "wirtschaftliche Erfolgsformel" zu formulieren (Wachstumspolitik, Armutsbekämpfung, Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen, Vorrang für privaten Sektor etc.) und macht im dritten Teil Vorgaben für die Reformvorhaben in den einzelnen Sektoren. (DÜI-Sbd)

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- PART I Theorizing the relationship between culture and economic activity -- 2. Economists should study culture -- 3. The discovery and interpretation of profit opportunities: culture and the Kirznerian entrepreneur -- 4. The determinants of entrepreneurial alertness and the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs -- 5. Markets as an extension of culture -- 6. Institutional stickiness and the New Development Economics -- 7. How does culture influence economic development? -- 8. Context matters: the importance of time and place in economic narratives -- 9. A critical appraisal of the concept of cultural capital -- 10. Culture as a constitution -- 11. Weber's spirit of capitalism and the Bahamas' Junkanoo ethic -- PART II Understanding economic life by using culture -- 12. Pastor response in post-Katrina New Orleans: navigating the cultural economic landscape -- 13. National cultures, economic action and the homogeneity problem: insights from the case of Romania -- 14. Between community and society: political attitudes in transition countries -- 15. Subalternity and entrepreneurship: tales of marginalized but enterprising characters, oppressive settings and haunting plots -- 16. Indigenous African institutions and economic development -- 17. The role of culture in the persistence of traditional leadership: evidence from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa -- 18. Network closure, group identity and attitudes toward merchants -- 19. The cultural and political economy of drug prohibition -- 20. Cultural and institutional co-determination: the case of legitimacy in exchange in Diablo II -- Index

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Contains 14 chapters that focus on various aspects of economic organization and behaviour, mostly based on empirical fieldwork conducted by the authors themselves. This title takes a look at urban food provisioning in Cameroon and an investigation into entrepreneurial activities in the rapidly-changing economy of Cairo.