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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792735503321

Autore

Faaland Just

Titolo

The political economy of development / / Just Faaland and Jack R. Parkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2013

ISBN

1-4725-5386-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 pages)

Collana

Bloomsbury Academic collections : economics

Disciplina

338.9/009172/4

Soggetti

Economic development

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published in 1986 by St. Martin's Press. Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. The Development Path -- 2. Objectives and Strategy Formulation -- 3. The Nature and Scope of Planning -- 4. Instruments of Policy -- 5. Policies for Agriculture and Industry -- 6. Population and Family Planning -- 7. Work and Welfare -- 8. International Development Policy -- Appendices -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Economic development may be seen from many different points of view: in terms of history, theory or empirical generalization. The Political Economy of Development draws these points of view together as it explores the practice of economic development itself and considers the issues that arise in attempting to devise development strategies for developing countries and to implement them. The term 'political economy' highlights the fact that economics cannot be conducted in isolation, and always has to be related to the political and social setting of the countries with which it is concerned. The Political Economy of Development foregrounds the political context of development in its study of applied economics."--Bloomsbury Publishing.