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The role of elites in economic development

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014Description: 374p xviiiISBN:
  • 9780199659036
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.900000 AMS
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Content : 1 Introduction: The Role of Elites in Economic Development Alisa DiCaprio Part I Theoretical Considerations ; 2 Elites and Property Rights Alice H. Amsden ; 3 Elites and Institutional Persistence James A. Robinson1 Part II The Formation and Circulation of Elites; 4 The International Circulation of Elites: Knowledge, Entrepreneurial and Political Andrés Solimano Diego Avanzini ; 5 The Fruit of the Vine? An Augmented Endowments-Inequality Hypothesis and the Rise of an Elite in the Cape Colony Johan Fourie and Dieter von Fintel ; 6 Two for the Price of One? The Contribution to Development of the New Female Elites Alison Wolf ; 7 New Light on China’s Rural Elites Bjorn Gustafsson and Sai Ding Part III The Preferences of Elites ; 8 Poverty in the Eyes of Brazilian Elites Elisa P. Reis ; 9 Mutual Interdependence between Elites and the Poor Chipiliro Kalebe-Nyamongo ; 10 Why Are the Elite in China Motivated and Able to Promote Growth? Xiaowei Zang Part IV Elites and State Capacity; 11 The Simple Analytics of Elite Behaviour under Limited State Capacity François Bourguignon and Thierry Verdier; 12 Is it Possible to Reform a Customs Administration? The Role of the Customs Elite on the Reform Process in Cameroon Thomas Cantens; 13 Rekindling Governments from Within: Getting Public Sector Elite Officials to Support Government Reform in Brazil Monica Pinhanez Part V Grass-Roots Responses to Elites; 14 Tackling Elite Capture by the ‘Counter-Elite’ and ‘Co-Opt-Elite’ Approaches in Bangladesh and Ghana Sam Wong; 15 Understanding the Dynamics of Elite Behaviour in a Development Context Alice H. Amsden Alisa DiCaprio
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Content :
1 Introduction: The Role of Elites in Economic Development Alisa DiCaprio Part I Theoretical Considerations ;
2 Elites and Property Rights Alice H. Amsden ;
3 Elites and Institutional Persistence James A. Robinson1 Part II The Formation and Circulation of Elites;
4 The International Circulation of Elites: Knowledge, Entrepreneurial and Political Andrés Solimano Diego Avanzini ;
5 The Fruit of the Vine? An Augmented Endowments-Inequality Hypothesis and the Rise of an Elite in the Cape Colony Johan Fourie and Dieter von Fintel ;
6 Two for the Price of One? The Contribution to Development of the New Female Elites Alison Wolf ;
7 New Light on China’s Rural Elites Bjorn Gustafsson and Sai Ding Part III The Preferences of Elites ;
8 Poverty in the Eyes of Brazilian Elites Elisa P. Reis ;
9 Mutual Interdependence between Elites and the Poor Chipiliro Kalebe-Nyamongo ;
10 Why Are the Elite in China Motivated and Able to Promote Growth? Xiaowei Zang Part IV Elites and State Capacity; 11 The Simple Analytics of Elite Behaviour under Limited State Capacity François Bourguignon and Thierry Verdier;
12 Is it Possible to Reform a Customs Administration? The Role of the Customs Elite on the Reform Process in Cameroon Thomas Cantens;
13 Rekindling Governments from Within: Getting Public Sector Elite Officials to Support Government Reform in Brazil Monica Pinhanez Part V Grass-Roots Responses to Elites;
14 Tackling Elite Capture by the ‘Counter-Elite’ and ‘Co-Opt-Elite’ Approaches in Bangladesh and Ghana Sam Wong;
15 Understanding the Dynamics of Elite Behaviour in a Development Context Alice H. Amsden Alisa DiCaprio