LEADER 04912nam 2201021Ia 450 001 9910786253603321 005 20230126210201.0 010 $a1-283-54324-9 010 $a9786613855695 010 $a0-520-95406-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520954069 035 $a(CKB)2670000000340677 035 $a(EBL)996188 035 $a(OCoLC)809411159 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000737900 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12239602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737900 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10787257 035 $a(PQKB)10563302 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001053962 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC996188 035 $a(OCoLC)966768319 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse52233 035 $a(DE-B1597)519152 035 $a(OCoLC)815651151 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520954069 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL996188 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10590400 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL385569 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000340677 100 $a20120601d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInstitutions count$b[electronic resource] $etheir role and significance in Latin American development /$fAlejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27354-0 311 0 $a0-520-27353-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Institutions and Development: A Conceptual Reanalysis --$t2. The Comparative Study of Institutions: The "Institutional Turn" in Development Studies: A Review --$t3. Institutional Change and Development in Argentina --$t4. Institutional Change and Development in Chilean Market Society --$t5. The Colombian Paradox: A Thick Institutionalist Analysis --$t6. Development Opportunities: Politics, the State, and Institutions in the Dominican Republic in the Twenty-First Century --$t7. The Uneven and Paradoxical Development of Mexico's Institutions --$t8. Conclusion: The Comparative Analysis of the Role of Institutions in National Development --$tAppendix: Investigators --$tContributors --$tIndex 330 $aWhat leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation's institutions. This book is the first comparative study of how real institutions affect national development. It seeks to examine and deepen this insight through a systematic study of institutions in five Latin American countries and how they differ within and across nations. Postal systems, stock exchanges, public health services and others were included in the sample, all studied with the same methodology. The country chapters present detailed results of this empirical exercise for each individual country. The introductory chapters present the theoretical framework and research methodology for the full study. The summary results of this ambitious study presented in the concluding chapter draw comparisons across countries and discuss what these results mean for national development in Latin America. 606 $aEconomic development$xSocial aspects$zLatin America 606 $aInstitutional economics 606 $aPublic administration$zLatin America 606 $aSocial institutions$zLatin America 610 $acomparative study. 610 $acultural studies. 610 $ahistorians. 610 $ahuman condition. 610 $ainstitutional roles. 610 $alatin america. 610 $alatin american nations. 610 $alatin american politics. 610 $alatin american scholars. 610 $alatin american studies. 610 $amethodological study. 610 $anational development. 610 $anational institutions. 610 $anonfiction study. 610 $apolitical science. 610 $apostal systems. 610 $apublic health services. 610 $aresearch methodology. 610 $aretrospective. 610 $asocial sciences. 610 $asociologists. 610 $asociology. 610 $astock exchanges. 610 $atextbooks. 610 $atheoretical framework. 615 0$aEconomic development$xSocial aspects 615 0$aInstitutional economics. 615 0$aPublic administration 615 0$aSocial institutions 676 $a303.4098 700 $aPortes$b Alejandro$f1944-$0148764 701 $aSmith$b Lori D.$f1982-$01552671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786253603321 996 $aInstitutions count$93812720 997 $aUNINA