Preface -- Understanding underdevelopment -- The explosion of third world democracy -- Religion and politics -- The politics of cultural pluralism and ethnic conflict -- Women and development -- The politics of the rural and urban poor -- Revolutionary change -- Soldiers and politics -- The...

For courses on economic development A complete, balanced introduction to the theory, issues, and latest research. Economic Development,Twelfth Edition-the leading textbook in this field-provides students with a complete and balanced introduction to the requisite theory, driving policy issues,...

Acknowledgements -- Preface / Mario Damill, Martín Rapetti and Guillermo Rozenwurcell -- An introduction to Roberto Frenkel's contributions to the economic ideas in Latin America / Mario Damill, Daniel Kampel and Guillermo Rozenwurcell -- Pricing decisions, inflation and stabilization --...

Understanding underdevelopment -- The surge and partial retreat of democracy -- Religion and politics -- The politics of cultural pluralism and ethnic conflict -- Women and development -- The politics of the rural and urban poor -- Revolutionary change -- Soldiers and politics -- The political...

PART ONE. DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. -- Patterns of development -- Measuring economic growth and development -- Economic growth: concepts and patterns -- Theories of economic growth -- States and markets -- PART TWO. DISTRIBUTION AND HUMAN RESOURCES. -- Inequality and poverty -- Population --...