Institutions Count: Their Role and Significance in Latin American Development - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520273540 ISBN 13 : 9780520273542

Editeur : University of California Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alejandro Portes is Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Center for Migration and Development at Princeton University. He is the author of several UC Press books, including Legacies, Ethnicities, Immigrant America and City on the Edge.

Lori D. Smith is completing her doctorate in Sociology at Princeton.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520273540
• ISBN 13: 9780520273542
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Éditeur: Portes Alejandro, Smith Lori D.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible