| Description |
1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Contents |
Institutions and development: a conceptual reanalysis / Alejandro Portes -- The comparative study of institutions: the "institutional turn" in development studies / Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith -- Institutional change and development in Argentina / Alejandro Grimson, Ana Castellani, and Alexander Roig -- Institutional change and development in Chilean market society / Guillermo Wormald and Daniel Brieba -- The Colombian paradox: a thick institutionalist analysis / César Rodríguez-Garavito -- Development opportunities: politics, the state, and institutions in the Dominican Republic in the twenty-first century / Wilfredo Lozano -- The uneven and paradoxical development of Mexico's institutions / José Luis Velasco -- Conclusion: The comparative analysis of the role of institutions in national development / Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith |
| Summary |
What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation's institutions. This book is the first comparative study of how real institutions affect national development. It seeks to examine and deepen this insight through a systematic study of institutions in five Latin American countries and how they differ within and across nations. Postal systems, stock exchanges, public health services and others were included in the sample, all studied with th |
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comparative study |
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cultural studies |
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historians |
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human condition |
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institutional roles |
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latin america |
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latin american nations |
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latin american politics |
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latin american scholars |
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latin american studies |
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methodological study |
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national development |
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national institutions |
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nonfiction study |
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political science |
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postal systems |
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public health services |
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research methodology |
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retrospective |
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social sciences |
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sociologists |
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sociology |
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stock exchanges |
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textbooks |
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theoretical framework |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social institutions -- Latin America
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Economic development -- Social aspects -- Latin America
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Public administration -- Latin America
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Institutional economics.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Social institutions
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Public administration
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Institutional economics
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Economic development -- Social aspects
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Sociology
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Lori D., 1982-
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| LC no. |
2012021915 |
| ISBN |
9780520954069 |
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0520954068 |
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0520273540 |
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9780520273542 |
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1283543249 |
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9781283543248 |
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9786613855695 |
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6613855693 |
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