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Discipline and development : middle classes and prosperity in East Asia and Latin America /
Perhaps the most commonly held assumption in the field of development is that middle classes are the bounty of economic modernization and growth. As countries gradually transcend their agrarian past and become urbanized and industrialized, so the logic goes, middle classes emerge and gain in number,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Perhaps the most commonly held assumption in the field of development is that middle classes are the bounty of economic modernization and growth. As countries gradually transcend their agrarian past and become urbanized and industrialized, so the logic goes, middle classes emerge and gain in number, complexity, cultural influence, social prominence, and political authority. Yet this is only half the story. Middle classes shape industrial and economic development, they are not merely its product; the particular ways in which middle classes shape themselves - and the ways historical conditions shape them - influence development trajectories in multiple ways. This is the story of South Korea's and Taiwan's economic successes and Argentina's and Mexico's relative 'failures' through an examination of their rural middle classes and disciplinary capacities. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 421 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521807484 9780521807487 0521002087 9780521002080 051118512X 9780511185120 0511185952 9780511185953 9780511499555 0511499558 128045766X 9781280457661 1107143985 9781107143982 0511187807 9780511187803 0511313802 9780511313806 0511186878 9780511186875 |