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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806929703321

Autore

Charusheela S. <1964-, >

Titolo

Structuralism and individualism in economic analysis : the "contractionary devaluation debate" in development economics / / S. Charusheela

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-40983-8

0-415-65204-9

0-203-95557-9

1-135-40976-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

New political economy

Disciplina

332.4/142

Soggetti

Economic development

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on author's thesis--University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Ontology and economic analysis -- Structuralism and individualism in development economics -- The balance of payments and the exchange rate -- The contractionary devaluation debate revisited -- Ontologies of deviance.

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that the debates about the appropriate economic policies to follow in the developing world within the field of development economics are at heart debates about the appropriate ontology to ascribe to agents within the developing world.