States and Development

出版者:Palgrave Macmillan

作者:Matthew Lange

页数:288

出版时间:2005-8-15

价格:USD 34.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781403964939

图书标签:历史社会学比较政治政治学历史其他

This important book explores the contribution states can make to overcoming collective action problems and create collective goods favorable to social, economic, and political development. It examines how state-society relations as well as features of state structure shape the conditions under which states seek to advance development and the conditions that make success more or less likely. And it offers empirical evidence showing that historical state structures have had lasting effects even on today's development. Particular focus is given to bureaucratic oversight, market functioning, and the assertion of democratic demands discipline state actions and contribute to state effectiveness. These propositions and the social mechanisms underlying them are examined in comparative historical and cross-national statistical analyses.