State and law in the development process : problem solving and institutional change in the Third World / Ann Seidman and Robert B. Seidman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seidman, Ann Willcox, 1926-

Contributor:

Seidman, Robert B.

Series:

International political economy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and economic development.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Developing countries.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xx, 413 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1994.

Summary:

The post-1945 collapse of colonial rule, the global technological revolution, and the emergence of new nationalist governments seemed to promise third world peoples plenty for all. Four decades later, these promises shattered, growing numbers asked whether the nature of third-world governments lay at the root of the third world's continuing misery. This book proposes a theory that explains those shattered hopes by examining the relationships of the state and law to the inherited political, economic and social institutions that perpetuated poverty and oppression.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-392) and index.

ISBN:

0312121717

0333601475

0333601483

OCLC:

29794188