The process of economic developement

James L. Dietz, James M. Cypher

539 pages, parution le 04/02/2004 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

The Process of Economic Development is a textbook with a story to tell. It examines development obstacles from the colonial era to the present in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Utilizing a fluid blend of classical development ideas and current theory, the book enables students to gain the type of balanced picture unavailable to them in. other textbooks.

A close examination of recent events is integral to the book, with discussions ranging from the environment to the debt crisis, and from export-led industrialization to import substitution, endogenous growth theory and technological capability. The authors focus on institutional transformation, income distribution, poverty, peasant agriculture and numerous current socioeconomic issues, and the book has a readable style and format. Plentiful diagrams, boxes and user-friendly summaries, and end of chapter questions help the reader to grasp the many-faceted topics. Building upon the impressive and popular first edition, Cypher and Dietz have accomplished that rarity in textbook publishing: a book which will leave students with a framework of understanding, empowering them to go on to understand a broad range of "North-South" issues and controversies.

Sommaire

An overview of economic development
- The development imperative
- Measuring economic growth and development
- Development in historical perspective

Theories of development and underdevelopement
- Classical and neoclassical theories
- Developmentalist theories of economic development
- Heterodox theories of economic development

The structural transformation
- The state as a potential agent of transformation: from neoliberalism to embedded autonomy
- Endogenous growth theories and new strategies for development
- The initial structural transformation initiating the industrialization process
- Strategy switching and industrial transformation
- Agriculture and development
- Population, education and human capital
- Technology and development

Problems and issues
- Transnational corporations and economic development
- Macroeconomic equilibrium: the external balance
- The debt problem and development
- International institutional linkages: the IMF, the world bank, and foreign aid

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Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	James L. Dietz, James M. Cypher
Parution	04/02/2004
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	539
Format	17,3 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	992g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415254168
ISBN13	978-0-415-25416-8