ABSTRACT
The new institutional economics is one of the the most important new bodies of theory to emerge in economics in recent years. The contributors to this volume address its significance for the developing world. The book is a major contribution to an area of debate still in its formative phase. The book challenges the orthodoxies of development, espec
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I NIE: HISTORY, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT
chapter 3|22 pages
SOCIAL DILEMMAS AND RATIONAL INDIVIDUALS
An assessment of the new institutionalism
part |2 pages
Part II NIE: THEORY AND POLICY
part |2 pages
Part III NIE: INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS
chapter 9|15 pages
COCOA PLANTATIONS IN THE THIRD WORLD, 1870s–1914
The political economy of inefficiency
chapter 10|12 pages
PRODUCTIVITY AND POWER
Institutional structures and agricultural performance in India and China, 1900–50
chapter 11|16 pages
STATE INTERVENTION IN THE BRAZILIAN COFFEE TRADE DURING THE 1920s
A case study for New Institutional Economics?
part |2 pages
Part IV NIE: INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND THE STATE
chapter 15|15 pages
POLITICAL FACTORS SHAPING THE ROLE OF FOREIGN FINANCE
The case of Greece, 1832–1932
chapter 16|18 pages
REGULATORY REGIMES, CAPITAL MARKETS AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
A comparative study of Brazil, Mexico and the United States, 1840–1930
chapter 18|17 pages
EXPLAINING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SUCCESSES OF RAWLINGS
The strengths and limitations of public choice theories