| Doing Business in Cameroon: An Anatomy of Economic Governance Contributor(s): Muñoz, José-María (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108428991 ISBN-13: 9781108428996 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions |
| Dewey: 330.967 |
| LCCN: 2018021302 |
| Series: International African Library |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 7.4" W x 9.24" (1.20 lbs) 242 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the mid-1980s to the early 2000s, images of crisis and reform dominated talk of Cameroon's economy. Doing Business in Cameroon examines the aftermath of that period of turbulence and unpredictability in the northern city of Ngaound r . Taking the everyday encounters between business actors and state bureaucrats as its point of departure, the book vividly illustrates the backstage and interconnected dynamics of four different sectors (cattle trade, trucking, public contracting, and NGO work). Drawing on his training in law and social anthropology, the author is able to clarify intricate policy dynamics and abstruse legal developments for readers. A widespread picture emerges of actors grappling with the long-term implications of selective or suspended enforcement of legal rules. The book deftly illuminates a set of shifting configurations in which economic outcomes like monetary gains or the circulation of goods are achieved by foregoing the possibility of relying on or complying with the law. |
Contributor Bio(s): Munoz, Jose-Maria: - José-María Muñoz is a lecturer of African Studies and International Development at the University of Edinburgh. Muñoz trained as a lawyer in Spain, his home country, before pursuing degrees in Social Anthropology at University College London and Northwestern University, Illinois. He held a postdoctoral fellowship with Emory University's Program in Development Studies before relocating to the UK. |