Institutionalist Perspectives on Development: A Multidisciplinary Approach

✍ Scribed by Spyros Vliamos, Michel S. Zouboulakis

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing,Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 284
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book depicts the role of both formal and informal institutions in achieving long-term economic efficiency and development. It is organized into three sections: the first section deals with the historical and political roots that make institutions favorable to development; the second section offers theoretical perceptions of immaterial institutions; the last section explores how the various official institutions – such as international organizations – interrelate with the process of development. As both the recent global financial crisis and the subsequent sovereign debt crisis within the Eurozone have shown, sustainable development is a combination of human, social and institutional factors that interact with each other and go beyond the strictly economic conditions of each country. With contributions from several countries in Europe as well as Iran, this volume offers readers an international and multidisciplinary perspective of the institutionalist determinants of growth in the long run.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi
Editors’ Introduction (Spyros Vliamos, Michel S. Zouboulakis)....Pages 1-7
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
1688 and All That: Property Rights, the Glorious Revolution and the Rise of British Capitalism (Geoffrey M. Hodgson)....Pages 11-44
The Contemporary State and Interests: A Framework of Analysis (Anna Ząbkowicz, Sławomir Czech)....Pages 45-57
NGO in the Modern State (Agnieszka Joanna Legutko)....Pages 59-74
Freedom and Friendship: Some Thoughts on the Renewal of Our Democracy (Guy Féaux de la Croix)....Pages 75-87
The Institutional Impact on Economic Development in Iran (Yadollah Dadgar, Rouhollah Nazari)....Pages 89-101
Front Matter ....Pages 103-103
Critical Realism in the Analysis of National Innovation Systems (Emmanuel D. Adamides)....Pages 105-124
From Commons Dilemmas to Social Solutions: A Common Pool Resource Experiment in Greece (Paschalis Arvanitidis, Fotini Nasioka)....Pages 125-142
Public Goods, Club Goods and Specialization in Evolving Collaborative Entities (Vasilis Zervos)....Pages 143-162
Front Matter ....Pages 163-163
The International Financial System and the Role of Central Banks in the Great 2007–9 Recession and the ‘Monetary Peace’ (Spyros Vliamos, Konstantinos Gravas)....Pages 165-189
Institutions and International Political Economy: Realist Readings of International Regimes (Ilias Kouskouvelis, Kyriakos Mikelis)....Pages 191-209
EU–Russia Antagonism in South-Eastern Europe: The Energy Factor (Andreas Stergiou)....Pages 211-233
Declining Activity of the European Commission in Legislative Initiatives: Is the Commission Losing Its Influence? (Jerzy Ząbkowicz)....Pages 235-247
Amendments to Legal Regulations in the Field of the Enterprises Restructuring Procedures in Poland (Sylwia Morawska, Joanna Kuczewska)....Pages 249-264
Back Matter ....Pages 265-271

✦ Subjects

Economics; Institutional/Evolutionary Economics; Development Studies; International Organization; Innovation/Technology Management