States of development : on the primacy of politics in development / Adrian Leftwich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leftwich, Adrian.

Contributor:

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Developing countries.

Democracy.

Developing countries.

Economic development.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

vii, 227 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Polity ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2000.

Summary:

This widely comparative study examines how specific developing countries are dealing with issues like poverty, disease, and ignorance. The book shows how some societies (e.g. Botswana, Mauritius, Malaysia, and Korea) are successfully transforming the material life of the majority of their citizens, though not always without costs in terms of human rights.

The book argues that we must turn to the politics of these societies, and especially the character and capacities of their states, to explain the difference between successful and non-successful cases. By focusing on the politics and states of a wide range of developing societies, this book generates a model of the "developmental state" as a particular sub-type of state in the modern world, and argues the case for the primacy of politics in development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [196]-221) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0745608434

0745608426

OCLC:

45853774