1st Edition
Nation Building, State Building, and Economic Development Case Studies and Comparisons
By Sarah C.M. Paine
Copyright 2010
344 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why do some countries remain poor and dysfunctional while others thrive and become affluent? The expert contributors to this volume seek to identify reasons why prosperity has increased rapidly in some countries but not others by constructing and comparing cases. The case studies focus on the processes of nation building, state building, and economic development in comparably situated countries... Read more
List of Maps and Table, Acknowledgments, Introduction, PART I. Imperial State Building: La Mission Civilisatrice, PART II. The Anticolonial Reaction: The Rejuvenation of Old Polities, PART III. Creating New States: Divergent Pairs, Conclusions, About the Contributors, Index
Biography
Sarah C.M. Paine
