| States of Development: On the Primacy of Politics in Development Contributor(s): Leftwich, Adrian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745608434 ISBN-13: 9780745608433 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $29.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | Human Rights |
| Dewey: 338.900 |
| LCCN: 2019303099 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.72 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Developing World |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
