Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development - Softcover

Bates, Robert H.

 
9780393974010: Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393974014 ISBN 13: 9780393974010
Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

This text looks back over the history of human civilization and explains the origins of the modern state, focusing on the stages though which capitalism evolves as a culture moves from dispersed agrarian clans to the dense modern metropolis. Informed by firsthand experience with the political and economic development of many diverse cultures, the author demonstrates how successful modern states harness ethnic diversity to encourage prosperity rather than violence.

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This text looks back over the history of human civilization and explains the origins of the modern state, focusing on the stages though which capitalism evolves as a culture moves from dispersed agrarian clans to the dense modern metropolis. Informed by firsthand experience with the political and economic development of many diverse cultures, the author demonstrates how successful modern states harness ethnic diversity to encourage prosperity rather than violence.

Biografía del autor

Robert H. Bates is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government in the Department of Government and Fellow of the Center for International Development at Harvard University. He has written numerous books, most recently Open Economy Politics (1997) and Analytic Narratives (1998). He has conducted extensive field research in East and Central Africa and in Columbia and Brazil.

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Verlag
WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393974014
ISBN 13 
9780393974010
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
144
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