Does democracy mean a slowdown of economic growth and an improvement in welfare in the Third World? Or can an authoritarian regime perform better? This book examines the theoretical debate as a starting point for in-depth case studies of four countries: India, China, Taiwan and Costa Rica. The case-studies are used as a basis for a number of new, more nuanced conclusions about the circumstances under which a specific form of regime has certain consequences for economic development. The implications of these results for other Third World countries, democratic and authoritarian, are addressed in the final chapter.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Basingstoke
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 148 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-333-51663-8 (9780333516638)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Analytical focus: regimes and development - the arguments in detail; the basic concepts of the analysis; the framework of the analysis; values and ethnocentrism; hypotheses and questions for the case-studies; introduction of the case-studies. Part 2 India: legacy of the past; economic development - plans, polices and achievements; democracy and development - a preliminary valuation; democracy and development - three crucial questions; democracy and development in India. Part 3 China: legacy of the past; economic development - plans, policies and achievements; socialist authoritarianism and development - a preliminary valuation; socialist authoritarianism and development - three issues; authoritarianism and development in China. Part 4 Taiwan: legacy of the past; economic development - plans, polices and achievements; authoritarianism and development - a preliminary valuation; authoritarianism and development in Taiwan - three issues; the Taiwan case of authoritarianism and development. Part 5 Costa Rica: legacy of the past; economic development - plans, policies and achievements; democracy and development - a preliminary valuation; internal and external forces in Costa Rican development; democracy and development in Costa Rica. Part 6 Theoretical implications: democracy and development; authoritarianism and development; democracy versus authoritarianism - comparing across systems; the relevance of the analysed for other Third World countries; democracy, dictatorship and development; the results of the analysis - a summary.
