IN THE SHADOW OF VIOLENCE by Douglass C. North (Editor), John Joseph Wallis (Editor), Steven B. Webb (Editor) ( 9781139013611 )

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Title:

IN THE SHADOW OF VIOLENCE
POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND THE PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT

By:

Douglass C. North (Editor), John Joseph Wallis (Editor), Steven B. Webb (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1139013610

ISBN 13:

9781139013611

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

5 December, 2012

Description:

This book explains how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and coordinate coalitions of powerful organizations.

Synopsis:

This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and coordinate coalitions of powerful organizations. Rather than castigating politicians and elites as simply corrupt, the case studies illustrate why development is so difficult to achieve in societies where the role of economic organizations is manipulated to provide political balance and stability. The volume develops the idea of limited-access social order as a dynamic social system in which violence is constantly a threat and political and economic outcomes result from the need to control violence rather than promoting economic growth or political rights.

Illustrations:

12 b/w illus. 2 maps 42 tables

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Returns:

Non-returnable

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