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Business and the State in Developing Countries (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
Sylvia Maxfield (Ed.)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Maxfield, Sylvia; Schneider, Ben Ross. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Much of the debate about development in the past decade pitted proponents of unfettered markets against advocates of developmental states. Yet, in many developing countries what best explains variations in economic performance is not markets or states but rather the character of relations between business and government. The studies in Business and the State in Developing Countries identify a range of close, collaborative relations between bureaucrats and capitalists that enhance elements of economic performance and defy conventional expectations that such relations lead ineluctably to rent-seeking, corruption, and collusion. All based on extensive field research, the essays contrast collaborative and collusive ... Read more
Much of the debate about development in the past decade pitted proponents of unfettered markets against advocates of developmental states. Yet, in many developing countries what best explains variations in economic performance is not markets or states but rather the character of relations between business and government. The studies in Business and the State in Developing Countries identify a range of close, collaborative relations between bureaucrats and capitalists that enhance elements of economic performance and defy conventional expectations that such relations lead ineluctably to rent-seeking, corruption, and collusion. All based on extensive field research, the essays contrast collaborative and collusive ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801484063
SKU
V9780801484063
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About Sylvia Maxfield (Ed.)
Sylvia Maxfield is Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University. Ben Ross Schneider is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is the author of Business Politics and the State in 20th Century Latin America.
Reviews for Business and the State in Developing Countries (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
Sylvia Maxfield and Ben Schneider have collected a set of uniformly excellent essays.... An excellent volume.
David Waldner
Political Science Quarterly
Provides a very informative and useful set of research results on the experiences of developing country in government-business interactions.... Also provides a wealth of interesting materials and findings in a manner lucid and accessible ... Read more
David Waldner
Political Science Quarterly
Provides a very informative and useful set of research results on the experiences of developing country in government-business interactions.... Also provides a wealth of interesting materials and findings in a manner lucid and accessible ... Read more