In the shadow of violence : politics, economics, and the problems of development

ed. by Douglass C. North ...

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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Year of publication:	2013
Other Persons:	North, Douglass Cecil (ed.)
Publisher:	New York, NY [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press
Subject:	Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Unterentwicklung \| Underdevelopment \| Politische Instabilität \| Political instability \| Terrorismus \| Terrorism \| Gesellschaftsordnung \| Social order \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Politische Gewaltanwendung
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Extent:	X, 366 S. graph. Darst., Kt. 23 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung ; Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors
Language:	English
Notes:	Enth. 10 Beitr. Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: 1. Limited access orders: an introduction to the conceptual framework / Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb and Barry R. Weingast; 2. Bangladesh: economic growth in a vulnerable LAO / Mushtaq H. Khan; 3. Fragile states, elites, and rents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) / Kai Kaiser and Stephanie Wolters; 4. Seeking the elusive developmental knife-edge: Zambia and Mozambique - a tale of two countries / Brian Levy; 5. Limited access orders: the Philippines / Gabriella R. Montinola; 6. India's vulnerable maturity: experiences of Maharashtra and West Bengal / Pallavi Roy; 7. Entrenched insiders: limited access order in Mexico / Alberto Diaz-Cayeros; 8. From limited access to open access order in Chile, take two / Patricio Navia; 9. Transition from a limited access order to an open access order: the case of South Korea / Jong-Sung You; 10. Lessons: in the shadow of violence / Douglass North, John Wallis, Steven Webb and Barry Weingast. Erscheint: 01. August 2012
ISBN:	978-1-107-68491-1 ; 978-1-107-01421-3 ; 1-107-01421-2 ; 1-107-68491-9
Classification:	Großgebiete ; Entwicklungsökonomie
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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