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Title In the shadow of violence : politics, economics, and the problems of development / edited by Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb, and Barry R. Weingast.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 366 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Limited access orders : an introduction to the conceptual framework / Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb and Barry R. Weingast -- Bangladesh : economic growth in a vulnerable LAO / Mushtaq H. Khan -- Fragile states, elites, and rents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) / Kai Kaiser and Stephanie Wolters -- Seeking the elusive developmental knife edge : Zambia and Mozambique, a tale of two countries / Brian Levy -- Change and continuity in a limited access order : the Philippines / Gabriella R. Montinola -- India's vulnerable maturity : experiences of Maharashtra and West Bengal / Pallavi Roy -- Entrenched insiders : limited access order in Mexico / Alberto Díaz-Cayeros -- From limited access to open access order in Chile, take two / Patricio Navia -- Transition from a limited access order to an open access order : the case of South Korea / Jong-Sung You -- Lessons : in the shadow of violence / Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb and Barry R. Weingast.
Summary "This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and coordinate coalitions of powerful organizations. Rather than castigating politicians and elites as simply corrupt, the case studies illustrate why development is so difficult to achieve in societies where the role of economic organizations is manipulated to provide political balance and stability. The volume develops the idea of limited-access social order as a dynamic social system in which violence is constantly a threat and political and economic outcomes result from the need to control violence rather than promoting economic growth or political rights"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
Developing countries.
Economic conditions.
Developing countries -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil), editor.
Wallis, John Joseph, editor.
Webb, Steven Benjamin, 1947- editor.
Weingast, Barry R., editor.
Other Form: Print version: In the shadow of violence. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107014213 (DLC) 2012015678 (OCoLC)785872006
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