Political Economy of Development - A Game Theoretic Approach

The causes of under-development are political, yet those who study development often fail to investigate the impact of politics. Drawing on field work, history and theory, this book probes the political roots of under-development.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. Societies Without States; 3. An Impossibility Result?; 4. From Kinship to the State; 5. Restraining the Leviathan: Part I; 6. Restraining the Leviathan: Part II; 7. The Political Impetus for The Great Transformation; 8. Shaping the Path of Growth and Development; 9. Conclusion.

Info autore

Robert H. Bates, Eaton Professor Emeritus of the Science of Government at Harvard University, is the author, co-author, or editor of over a dozen books on the developing world. He specializes on the study of conflict and Africa, where he has spent much of his research career. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, he has held professorships at the California Institute of Technology, Duke University and the Toulouse School of Economics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert H Bates, Robert H. Bates, Robert H. (Harvard University Bates
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108837507
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83750-7
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Comparative Politics