In the shadow of violence : politics, economics and the problems of development /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil), Wallis, John Joseph, Webb, Steven Benjamin, 1947-, Weingast, Barry R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Developing countries > Economic conditions. Developing countries > Social conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Structural Adjustment. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Limited access orders: an introduction to the conceptual framework / Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb and Barry R. Weingast
2. Bangladesh: economic growth in a vulnerable LAO / Mushtaq H. Khan
3. Fragile states, elites, and rents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) / Kai Kaiser and Stephanie Wolters
4. Seeking the elusive developmental knife-edge: Zambia and Mozambique
a tale of two countries / Brian Levy
5. Limited access orders: the Philippines / Gabriella R. Montinola
6. India's vulnerable maturity: experiences of Maharashtra and West Bengal / Pallavi Roy
7. Entrenched insiders: limited access order in Mexico / Alberto Diaz-Cayeros
8. From limited access to open access order in Chile, take two / Patricio Navia
9. Transition from a limited access order to an open access order: the case of South Korea / Jong-Sung You
10. Lessons: in the shadow of violence / Douglass North, John Wallis, Steven Webb and Barry Weingast.