Three Continents Political Economy and Development of Democracy in Europe, the United States and Latin America

With an astonishing unity of inspiration that serves as a counterbalance to the richness and variety of his themes and positions, Albert O. Hirschman, great political economist of our time, introduces us to the study of Western Europe, the United States and Latin America. From his own memories of the fascist period retold on the occasion of his honorary degree to two previously unpublished writings on the origins of European integration, from a group of illuminating essays on the contemporary economic and political realities of developed Western countries to a selection of texts on South America containing the provisional balance sheet of long experience, this is an intellectual lesson in the truest sense. Through his original way of penetrating the realities of our time, the author unveils a series of concrete issues and new and unlikely ways forward, constructing a tenacious and possibilist scientific pathway aimed at the unstinting encouragement of mutual understanding, economic and civic growth, and the democratic development of three continents.

About the author

Albert O. Hirschman (7 April 1915¿10 December 2012) was an economist and the author of several books on political economy and political ideology.
Luca Meldolesi is Professor of Economic and Financial Policy at the University of Naples.

Product details

• Assisted by: Meldolesi Luca (Editor), Luca Meldolesi (Editor), Meldolesi Luca (Editor of the series)
• Authors: Albert O Hirschman
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 29.08.2022
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9781433192500
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-9250-0
• Pages: 220
• Illustrations: 2 Abb.
• Depth (packing): 22.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 428 g
• Series: Albert Hirschman's Legacy > 3; Albert Hirschman’s Legacy > 3
• Subjects: Change, Latin America, Europe, PHILOSOPHY / General, Economy, Leadership, Democracy, America, Development, Latin, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Luca, Albert, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, United States, political, Tony, Political science & theory, Mason, Ideology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, States, decision-making, Political Economy, Three, United, Political science and theory, Reforms, Albert O. Hirschman, dependence, Possibilism, Meldolesi, Luca Meldolesi, Hirschman, Fracasomania, Continents, Three Continents