The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415157919 ISBN 13: 9780415157919

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

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.

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Synopsis:

This volume addresses the significance of institutional economics for the developing world. It blends together theoretical and empirical contributions from a range of disciplines - notably development studies, economics and economic history. The work begins with an overview of the origins and scope of the new institutional economics. Subsequent chapters extend this, providing critical commentaries and a theory which has challenged the orthodoxies about development, especially concerning the role of markets. The remaining chapters deal with theoretical issues and with institutions, markets and the state in a wide range of geographical and historical contexts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415157919
• ISBN 13: 9780415157919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374
• Editor: Harriss John, Hunter Janet, Lewis Colin