Prosperity & Violence: The Political Economy of Development (Second Edition) (Norton Series in World Politics (Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393933830 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bates is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and fellow of the Center for International Development at Harvard University. From Publishers Weekly January PublicationsRobert H. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. For example, he finds in Kenya a government and an economic organization working collaboratively toward prosperity, which he contrasts with the militaristic, economically destructive situation in Uganda. Drawing on the history of highly developed countries, such as those in Europe, Bates compares them with developing countries in Latin America and Africa. In Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development, a thoughtful and instructive book, he examines how underdeveloped societies progress from agrarian to industrial states by examining how governments foste
Neel Aroon said what I've been looking foreward. Being a double major in political science and economics, it seems that I'm always looking at ways to connect the two subjects. Prosperity and violence does this so brillitanly that i read the book in a matter of a few hours. The book talks about how trade has brought people toghether to create cities to trade creating goverments in order to control and facilitate the process. Through time, goverment and the economy became mutually dependent and modern countires became to develop which the books compares to newly independent cou
In his new edition of Prosperity and Violence, Robert Bates continues to investigate the relationship between political order and economic growth. As power and politics play a role in every society, rich or poor, Bates argues it is the reorganization of coercion--not its extinction--that underpins the security needed for investment. Although history makes clear that political structures can be used for destructive ends, it also demonstrates their importance in ensuring the peace needed for prosperity. In this revised edition, Bates strengthens his critique of development studies and development agencies, basing it on his analysis of the nature of states that emerged following WWII.
He has conducted extensive field research in East and Central Africa and in Columbia and Brazil. 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 E