Structuralism and Individualism in Economic Analysis - The 'Contractionary Devaluation Debate' in Development Economics

Informationen zum Autor S. Charusheela Klappentext This book argues that the debates about the appropriate economic policies to follow in the developing world within the field of development economics are at heart debates about the appropriate ontology to ascribe to agents within the developing world. Zusammenfassung This book exlores the debates concerning the appropriate economic policies to follow in the developing world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Ontology and Economic Analysis 3. Structuralism and Individualism in Development Economics 4. The Balance of Payments and the Exchange Rate 5. The Contractionary Devaluation Debate Revisited 6. Marxian Theory: An Alternative to Structuralist and Individualist Ontologies Appendices A. Interrogating the Walras-Saussure Connection B. The Roots of Latin American Structuralism

Product details

• Authors: S. Charusheela
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2004
• EAN: 9780415949279
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94927-9
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: New Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Politics & government, Politics and government