The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development / Edition 1

by John Harriss, Janet Hunter, Colin Lewis

Overview

The new institutional economics is one of the the most important new bodies of theory to emerge in economics in recent years. The contributors to this volume address its significance for the developing world. The book is a major contribution to an area of debate still in its formative phase.
The book challenges the orthodoxies of development, especially concerning the role of markets. It includes articles from Robert Bates, John Toye and Nobel Laureate Douglass North.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415118231
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/14/1995
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Janet Hunter, John Harriss, Colin Lewis

Table of Contents

List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Preface and acknowledgements, 1 INTRODUCTION: DEVELOPMENT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NIE, Part I NIE: history, politics and development, Part II NIE: theory and policy, Part III NIE: institutions and organisations, Part IV NIE: institutions, organisations and the state, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

'Well worth reading and very relevant for the study of development.' - Development and Change

From the Publisher

Presents papers by development theorists, policymakers, and historians of economic change from a September 1993 conference, in sections on NIE history, politics, and development; NIE theory and policy; institutions and organizations; and the state. Topics include institutional theories and structural adjustment in Africa, cocoa plantations in the Third World, state intervention in the Brazilian coffee trade during the 1920s, and the World Bank and the analysis of the international debt crisis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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