In the Shadow of Violence Politics, Economics, and the Problems of Development

Name: In the Shadow of Violence Politics, Economics, and the Problems of Development
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ISBN: 9781107684911

ISBN-10: 1107684919

ISBN-13: 9781107684911

Edition: 2012

Authors: Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb, Barry R. Weingast

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This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and coordinate coalitions of powerful organizations. Rather than castigating politicians and elites as simply corrupt, the case studies illustrate why development is so difficult to achieve in societies where the role of economic organizations is manipulated to provide political balance and stability. The volume develops the idea of limited-access social order as a dynamic social system in which violence is…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English