States of Development: On the Primacy of Politics in Development - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745608434 ISBN 13 : 9780745608433

Editeur : Polity, 2000

Synopsis

The spectre of poverty, disease and ignorance still haunts much of the developing world today. But not everywhere. Some societies, such as 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. Others, such as Peru, Zaire, India and the Philippines, appear incapable of doing so. In this widely comparative study, Adrian Leftwich examines why this has happened.


Focusing on the politics and states of a wide range of developing societies, Leftwich 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. He challenges a number of contemporary orthodoxies in western overseas development policy, especially the current insistence that democracy is a necessary condition for development.


States of Development will be essential reading for students and scholars in development studies and politics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Adrian Leftwich is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745608434
• ISBN 13: 9780745608433
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Éditeur: Leftwich Adrian
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