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1 online resource (221 pages) |
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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 th. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Institutions and Development: A Conceptual Reanalysis; 2. The Comparative Study of Institutions: The "Institutional Turn" in Development Studies; 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. |
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7. The Uneven and Paradoxical Development of Mexico's Institutions8. Conclusion: The Comparative Analysis of the Role of Institutions in National Development; Appendix: Investigators; Contributors; Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sociology.
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Sociology. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Lori D., 1982-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780520273542 |
| ISBN |
9780520954069 |
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0520954068 |
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9780520273535 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520273532 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520273542 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520273540 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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