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In the shadow of violence : politics, economics, and the problems of development /
"This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and coordinate coalitions of powerful organizations. Rather than castigating politicians and elites as simply corrupt, the case studies illustrate why development is so difficult to achieve in societies where the role of economic organizations is manipulated to provide political balance and stability. The volume develops the idea of limited-access social order as a dynamic social system in which violence is constantly a threat and political and economic outcomes result from the need to control violence rather than promoting economic growth or political rights"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 366 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139549479 1139549472 9781139013611 1139013610 9781139550727 1139550721 9781283741347 1283741342 9781139554435 1139554433 9781139551977 1139551973 9781139564281 1139564285 9781316089521 1316089525 1139555685 9781139555685 |