Democracy, Dictatorship and Development Economic Development in Selected Regimes of the Third World

Questions regarding the economic consequences of various forms of regime have puzzled development researchers for many years. This book examines the theoretical debate as a starting-point for in-depth case-studies of four countries: India, China, Taiwan and Costa Rica. The case studies are used as a...

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Main Author: Sørensen, Georg
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 1990, 1990
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Questions regarding the economic consequences of various forms of regime have puzzled development researchers for many years. This book examines the theoretical debate as a starting-point for in-depth case-studies of four countries: India, China, Taiwan and Costa Rica. The case studies are used as a basis for a number of new conclusions about the circumstances under which a specific form of regime has certain consequences for economic development. The implications of these results for other third-world countries, democratic and authoritarian, are addressed in the final chapter
Physical Description:XII, 214 p online resource
ISBN:9781349113156