The Causes of Economic Growth : Interdisciplinary Perspectives

by Rick Szostak

What are the causes of economic growth? As billions of people still live in poverty, this is perhaps the most important question in human science. It is also a very complex one, as rates of economic growth are influenced by a multitude of economic as well as political, geographical and sociological factors. This books attempts to advance a nuanced understanding of the process of economic growth by synthesizing the insights of several social science disciplines. Different theories and methods employed by economists and other social scientists to study the causes of economic growth are analyzed and it is shown how and why those insights should be integrated by applying best-practice techniques of interdisciplinary analysis. Scholars and practitioners are thus provided with a wide array of potential strategies for encouraging growth as well as guidance on how these strategies may interact.

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Year of publication:	2009
Other Persons:	Szostak, Rick (contributor)
Publisher:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject:	Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Wachstumstheorie \| Growth theory \| Interdisziplinäre Forschung \| Interdisciplinary research
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] ; Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (digital)
Series:	SpringerLink / Bücher
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; 1 Interdisciplinarity and Economic Growth; 1.1 Applying Interdisciplinary Analysis to the Study of Growth; 1.2 Authorship; 1.3 The Relationship Between Interdisciplinarity and Disciplines; 1.4 A Starting Assumption; 1.5 A Critical Insight Regarding the Complexity of the Growth Process; 1.6 Motivation (Is Growth Good?); 1.7 The Integrative Process; 1.8 Plan of Book; 1.9 The Nature of the Guiding Question; 1.10 Defining Economic Growth; 1.11 Defining 'Causes'; 2 The Key Phenomena that Potentially Cause Growth; 2.1 The Causal Link Approach 2.2 Causal Links Within and Beyond Disciplines2.3 Classifying Human Science Phenomena; 2.4 The Sources of Economic Growth; 2.5 The Importance of Precise Definitions of Phenomena; 3 The Most Relevant Theories and Methods; 3.1 Theories; 3.2 Methods; 4 Relevant Disciplines and Disciplinary Perspectives; 4.1 Which Disciplines Should be Engaged?; 4.2 The Nature of Disciplinary Perspective; 4.3 Does Disciplinary Perspective Really Matter?; 4.4 Disciplinary Perspectives of Relevant Disciplines; 5 An Interdisciplinary Literature Survey 5.1 The Literature Survey Performed, with Advice for its Extension5.2 A Tangential Diatribe; 6 The Causes of Economic Growth: Investment, Trade,Technology, Geography; 6.1 A First Lesson from Economic History; 6.2 Investment; 6.3 Openness to Trade; 6.4 Technology; 6.5 Geography; 7 The Causes of Economic Growth: Institutions; 7.1 Institutions and Growth; 7.2 Which Functions?; 7.3 Which Institutions?; 7.4 Institutional Change; 8 The Causes of Economic Growth: Cultural and Social Determinants; 8.1 Culture; 8.2 Entrepreneurship; 8.3 Social Capital; 8.4 Community Development; 8.5 Population 8.6 Health8.7 Social Structure; 9 Causal Arguments Under-studied in the Literature; 9.1 Sectoral Interactions; 9.2 Networks; 10 Emergent Properties of the System of Causal Links; 10.1 Aggregate Growth Dynamics: Is There a Poverty Trap?; 10.2 Macroeconomics and Growth; 11 Integrating Diverse Views of the Role of Government; 11.1 The Role of Government; 11.2 The Developmental State; 12 Reflections on the Results of Integration; 12.1 Reflect on One's Own Biases; 12.2 Reflect on Steps Omitted; 12.3 Reflect on the Weaknesses of the Theories and Methods Used inOne's Comprehensive Vision 13 Possible Tests of the Results of Integration13.1 Empirical Tests; 13.2 A Holistic Test in Application; 14 Concluding Remarks; 14.1 Insights into Economic Growth; 14.2 The Value of the Process for our Understanding of Growth; References; Index
ISBN:	978-3-540-92282-7 ; 978-3-540-92281-0
Other identifiers:	10.1007/978-3-540-92282-7 [DOI]
Classification:	Wirtschaftswachstum
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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