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Explains the origins of poor governments in the formation of the modern state system and describes the way they govern.
Mark Moyar:Govern Like Us delivers a thought-provoking and valuable reminder that sanctimonious insistence on moral perfection can be as self-defeating as moral indifference.
Lant Pritchett, Harvard University:Wow. A hard-hitting analysis from a scholar/practitioner of the deep intellectual roots of the failures to create 'good governance' everywhere—and why that failure is ignored or blamed on others. A useful corrective to the conventional development wisdom.
Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University:In recent years, there has been a broad recognition in rich countries that poor government is a leading cause of poverty, and they have undertaken vast programs to stem corruption and dysfunctional politics. In Govern Like Us, M. A. Thomas exposes the illusions that have undergirded this effort and shows why the vast sums invested in places like Afghanistan and Iraq have yielded such meager results. This book should be required reading for anyone in the development field.
Michael Johnston, Colgate University:M. A. Thomas is critical of our policy—rightly so—but refrains from relativism and bombast. She provides a useful contrarian perspective that is difficult to ignore.
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