Culture and Politics in Economic Development (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy)

✍ Scribed by V. Bornschier

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this important book, pre-eminent economic sociologist Volker Bornschier analyzes growth and development in the Old and New Worlds - the so-called 'developed' countries. He shows how sociological and political factors have a massive impact on economic change in those countries. The book is a significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on social capital, trust and democracy and will be of interest to those in the fields of economics, sociology, politics and development studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 8
Copyright......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Illustrations......Page 12
Preface, acknowledgements and overview......Page 15
1 Topics of economic sociology in this book......Page 20
PART I Why and to what extent do cultural resources matter?......Page 48
2 Trust and growth......Page 50
3 Trust and technological change......Page 71
4 Trust, innovation and entrepreneurship......Page 98
PART II Democracy, political styles, trust and formal education......Page 118
5 Democracy’s indirect role for growth and technological change......Page 120
6 The double dividend of expanding education for development......Page 135
7 Political styles and the production of trust in rich democracies......Page 152
PART III Beyond the nation-state......Page 172
8 Transnationals and supranationals......Page 174
9 Regional integration and economic growth......Page 188
10 The political and economic logic of integration......Page 205
PART IV Persisting differences and the change in the societal model......Page 222
11 The persistence of varieties of capitalism in rich democracies......Page 224
12 Transition towards the new societal model......Page 247
Notes......Page 266
Bibliography......Page 292
Index......Page 310