Why States Matter in Economic Development - The Socioeconomic Origins of Strong Institutions

This book examines the underlying conditions that give rise to effective, efficient, and bureaucratically inclusive states. A key reading for advanced students and researchers in these areas, this book draws real-life policy lessons for practitioners and policy makers in the developing world.

List of contents

1: Introduction 2: Methodology and Definitions 3: The Lessons of European State Formation for the Developing Countries 4: The Socioeconmic Origins of South Korea's Developmental State and Its Agro-Industrial Path to Development 5: Brazil's Stunted Development: Neither Enough Order Nor Progress 6: India: Only a Developmental State Can Provide Roti, Kapada, and Makaan (Bread, Clothes, and Shelter) for the Nation 7: Conclusion and Transferrable Lessons

About the author

Jawied Nawabi is Associate Professor of Economics, Sociology, and International Studies at the City University of New York-Bronx Community College.

Product details

• Authors: Jawied Nawabi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032752662
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275266-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political structure & processes, Political Economy, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Political structure and processes, Land & real estate law, Land and real estate law / Real property law