Dynamics of cotton policies in Benin: an explanation by path dependence

Dynamique des politiques cotonnières au Bénin: une lecture par la dépendance de sentier

Patrice Cokou Kpade and Jean-Pierre Boinon
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Patrice Cokou Kpade: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement
Jean-Pierre Boinon: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement

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Abstract: Wondering about the dynamics of the evolution of various cotton policies in Dahomey ( Benin ) over the long period, this article mobilizes the theory of path dependence to arise the institutional dynamic corresponding. From this theory, the paper identifies four sequences starting from the choices operated during the "critical junctures". The analysis of these policies' trajectory reveals a succession of rupture and continuity of path dependences which punctuated various institutional models.

Keywords: DEPENDANCE DE SENTIER; PATH DEPENDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL MODEL; POLITIQUES COTONNIERES; MODELE INSTITUTIONNEL; MOMENT CRITIQUE; ACTEURS; COTTON POLICIES; CRITICAL JUNCTURES; ACTORS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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Published in Économie rurale, 2011, 321, pp.58-72. ⟨10.4000/economierurale.2949⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/economierurale.2949

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