Development projects observed / Albert O. Hirschman ; foreword by Cass R. Sunstein ; afterword by Michele Alacevich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirschman, Albert O., author.

Sunstein, Cass R., author of introduction, etc.

Alacevich, Michele, author of afterword, colophon, etc.

Series:

A Brookings Classic

The Brookings Classic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development projects--Case studies.

Economic development projects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Brokkings Institution Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1967, the modest and plainly descriptive title of Development Projects Observed is deceptive. Today, it is recognized as the ultimate volume of Hirschman's groundbreaking trilogy on development, and as the bridge to the broader social science themes of his subsequent writings. Though among his lesser-known works, this unassuming tome is one of his most influential.It is in this book that Hirschman first shared his now famous ""Principle of the Hiding Hand."" In an April 2013 New Yorker issue, Malcolm Gladwell wrote an appreciation of the principle, described by Cass S

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Albert Hirschman's Hiding Hand; Author's Preface: A Hidden Ambition; Author's Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Principle of the Hiding Hand; Uncertainties; Latitudes and Disciplines; Project Design: Trait-Taking and Trait-Making; Project Appraisal: The Centrality of Side-Effects; Albert Hirschman Observed; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815726432

0815726430

OCLC:

898063436