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Against the Odds is a Machiavellian study of the machinations of three senior politicians in quite different developing countries who adroitly played the tough political game in ways that… Altro …

Against the Odds is a Machiavellian study of the machinations of three senior politicians in quite different developing countries who adroitly played the tough political game in ways that reduced poverty.The three - former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh - had scarcely heard of one another, and never communicated. And yet they used a broadly similar repertoire of politicaldevices - persuasion, distractions, bargaining, stealth and pressure - to pursue broadly similar goals.They demonstrated two crucial things: poverty reduction is politically feasible, even in the teeth of daunting economic and political constraints; and it is politically beneficial to those who achieve it, since it enhances their popularity, legitimacy and influence. If leaders in other developingcountries who are naturally preoccupied with their own political interests recognise these things, then serious efforts to reduce poverty will become more common elsewhere. Marcus Andre Melo, Njuguna Ngethe, James Manor, Books, Social and Cultural Studies, Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty Books>Social and Cultural Studies, Oxford University Press<

ISBN: 9780199327454

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press, USA], Against the Odds is a Machiavellian study of the machinations of three senior politicians in quite different developing countries who adroitl… Altro …

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press, USA], Against the Odds is a Machiavellian study of the machinations of three senior politicians in quite different developing countries who adroitly played the tough political game in ways that reduced poverty. The three--former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh--had scarcely heard of one another, and never communicated. And yet they used a broadly similar repertoire of political devices - persuasion, distractions, bargaining, stealth and pressure - to pursue broadly similar goals. They demonstrated two crucial things: poverty reduction is politically feasible, even in the teeth of daunting economic and political constraints; and it is politically beneficial to those who achieve it, since it enhances their popularity, legitimacy and influence. If leaders in other developing countries who are naturally preoccupied with their own political interests recognise these things, then serious efforts to reduce poverty will become more common elsewhere., Politics & Government<

ISBN: 9780199327454

Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty Against-the-Odds~~Marcus-Andre-Melo Current Affairs>Domestic Affairs>Domestic Affairs Hardcover, An Oxford Uni… Altro …

Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty Against-the-Odds~~Marcus-Andre-Melo Current Affairs>Domestic Affairs>Domestic Affairs Hardcover, An Oxford University Press Publication<

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