Institutions count : their role and significance in Latin American development / Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Portes, Alejandro, 1944-

Contributor:

Smith, Lori D., 1982-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Social aspects--Latin America.

Economic development.

Institutional economics.

Public administration--Latin America.

Public administration.

Social institutions--Latin America.

Social institutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation's institutions. This book is the first comparative study of how real institutions affect national development. It seeks to examine and deepen this insight through a systematic study of institutions in five Latin American countries and how they differ within and across nations. Postal systems, stock exchanges, public health services and others were included in the sample, all studied with the same methodology. The country chapters present detailed results of this empirical exercise for each individual country. The introductory chapters present the theoretical framework and research methodology for the full study. The summary results of this ambitious study presented in the concluding chapter draw comparisons across countries and discuss what these results mean for national development in Latin America.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Institutions and Development: A Conceptual Reanalysis

2. The Comparative Study of Institutions: The "Institutional Turn" in Development Studies: A Review

3. Institutional Change and Development in Argentina

4. Institutional Change and Development in Chilean Market Society

5. The Colombian Paradox: A Thick Institutionalist Analysis

6. Development Opportunities: Politics, the State, and Institutions in the Dominican Republic in the Twenty-First Century

7. The Uneven and Paradoxical Development of Mexico's Institutions

8. Conclusion: The Comparative Analysis of the Role of Institutions in National Development

Appendix: Investigators

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613855695

9781283543248

1283543249

9780520954069

0520954068

OCLC:

809411159