Probing the Sources of Political Order
CID Faculty Working Paper No. 110
Robert H. Bates
October 2004
Abstract
As noted by Hobbes, political order makes possible the good things of life. It constitutes the political foundations for development. Motivated by the theory of the state and qualitative materials from Africa, this paper develops a model of the foundations of political order, which it then tests on data from 46 African countries over the period 1970-1995.
Keywords: development, Africa, political economy, institutions, conflict
JEL subject codes: H5, O55