Economic Development: A Regional, Institutional, and Historical ApproachM.E. Sharpe, 2007 - 320 pages This innovative textbook provides an introduction to economic development in both an historical and contemporary, comparative, and systems framework. The text takes a regional approach, with the theory developed within regional contexts. This leads to the second innovative aspect, an emphasis on institutional structures unique to each region. Third, the authors analyze the development process within the historical context of each region, and consider institutional inheritance from both the pre-colonial and colonial eras and in contemporary times. Thoroughly classroom tested, the text requires no previous courses in economics, although basic principles of economics would be useful. An Instructor's Manual with discussion questions, a test bank, and PowerPoint slides is available online to instructors who adopt the text. |
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... ruling elite also involves reciprocity ; that is , the elite must provide services in return for the revenue . Income earned by the ruling elite from the bulk of the population involves the elite in a dialectical interaction with its ...
... ruling elite also involves reciprocity ; that is , the elite must provide services in return for the revenue . Income earned by the ruling elite from the bulk of the population involves the elite in a dialectical interaction with its ...
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... ruling elite are has already been discussed in some detail here and in Chapter 2. Specifically , a ruling elite will tend to be more developmentally oriented if it relies on tax revenue that has to be earned from the bulk of the ...
... ruling elite are has already been discussed in some detail here and in Chapter 2. Specifically , a ruling elite will tend to be more developmentally oriented if it relies on tax revenue that has to be earned from the bulk of the ...
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... ruling elite and the bulk of the population . If the reader will recall , Moore ( 2001 ) has argued that the ruling elite in societies that are dependent on external sources of revenue has little incentive to nurture the development of ...
... ruling elite and the bulk of the population . If the reader will recall , Moore ( 2001 ) has argued that the ruling elite in societies that are dependent on external sources of revenue has little incentive to nurture the development of ...
Contents
TABLES FIGURES AND MAPS | 11 |
History of Development Theory | 12 |
Changes in Recent Development Thinking | 27 |
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