Development projects observed / / Albert O. Hirschman ; foreword by Cass R. Sunstein ; afterword by Michele Alacevich

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819301603321
• Autore: Hirschman Albert O.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brokkings Institution Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-8157-2643-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Collana: The Brookings Classic
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetti: Economic development projects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Albert Hirschman's Hiding Hand; Author's Preface: A Hidden Ambition; Author's Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Principle of the Hiding Hand; Uncertainties; Latitudes and Disciplines; Project Design: Trait-Taking and Trait-Making; Project Appraisal: The Centrality of Side-Effects; Albert Hirschman Observed; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally published in 1967, the modest and plainly descriptive title of Development Projects Observed is deceptive. Today, it is recognized as the ultimate volume of Hirschman's groundbreaking trilogy on development, and as the bridge to the broader social science themes of his subsequent writings. Though among his lesser-known works, this unassuming tome is one of his most influential.It is in this book that Hirschman first shared his now famous ""Principle of the Hiding Hand."" In an April 2013 New Yorker issue, Malcolm Gladwell wrote an appreciation of the principle, described by Cass S