Development Economics in the Twenty-First Century

ISBN-13: 9780367668570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Claudia Sunna; Davide Gualerzi

Opis

Development Economics in the Twenty-First Century brings together an international contributor team in order to explore the origins and evolution of development economics. This book highlights the different elements of ‘high development theory’ through a precise reconstruction of the different theoretical approaches that develop

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Historical Growth Modelling: Rostow’s ‘Take-Off’ and Rosenstein-Rodan’s ‘Big Push’ Matthew Smith 2. Albert Hirschman: Unbalanced Growth Theory Davide Gualerzi 3. The Brilliant Fifties. International Trade as a Cause Of Underdevelopment Cosimo Perrotta 4. Dual Development Models in Historical Perspective Claudia Sunna 5. The Structuralist Research Program in Development Economics Mauro Boianovsky 6. The Resurgence of Dependency Analysis: Nostalgia or Renewed Relevance? Alan B. Cibils 7. Development Theory And Poverty Francesco Farina 8. Recovering Macroeconomic Policy for Development Alejandro Nadal

O autorze

Claudia Sunna is Researcher of Political Economics at University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

Davide Gualerzi is Associate Professor at the Department of Economic Sciences, School of Political Sciences, University of Padua, Italy.