Development Economics
Aptly or Wrongly Named?
Since the inception of development economics in the post-World War II period, most of its proponents have prescribed the adoption of western institutions as the path for prosperity - the unequivocal solution for poverty, illiteracy, hunger, inequality, and violence in the world. Seventy years of attempts, or at least the pretense thereof, to reproduce the western model in completely different historical and cultural contexts have proven to be no more than a mirage for most.Faced with this scenario, why do economists insist on the ideas of development, convergence, and emulation of the lifestyle of western countries? Is it possible to disassoc…
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Weitere Autoren: Rochon, Louis-Philippe (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-00-054638-5
- EAN: 9781000546385
- Produktnummer: 37553761
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 180 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Natalia Bracarense is Associate Professor of Economics at North Central College, Naperville, USA, and an ATER at SciencesPo Toulouse, France. Specialised in International Political Economy and History of Economic Thought, Dr. Bracarense analyses the historical unfolding of development policies implemented in several countries to inform economic theory towards a framework that views economic transformation as a non-linear and non-teleological process. Louis-Philippe Rochon is Full Professor of Economics at Laurentian University, Canada. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Political Economy and the founding Editor (now Emeritus) of the Review of Keynesian Economics. He has published over 150 book and journal articles and written or edited over 30 books.
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