The Uses of Diversity
Essays in Polycentricity
1st Edition
Published on 28. May 2020
258 pages
978-1-7936-2373-7 (ISBN)
Description
The author argues for the virtues of diversity in cities, organizations, strategies for development, and human discourse in general. The opening chapter develops the vision of Jane Jacobs (the "diva of diversity") for the development of city regions. Many of the later chapters are based on the author's ten years in the World Bank and Senior Advisor and speechwriter for Joseph Stiglitz. Many of the problems in the World Bank's policies were based on a narrow ideological vision that did not tolerate a diversity of pragmatic approaches to the complex questions of economic and social development. Finally, the narrow social-engineering criterion for evaluating social projects is cost-benefit analysis, and the penultimate chapter develops a logical fallacy in the Kaldor-Hicks Principle that is the theoretical basis for cost-benefit analysis.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 BW Illustrations, 4 BW Photos, 8 Tables
ISBN-13
978-1-7936-2373-7 (9781793623737)
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Book
05/2020
Lexington Books
€115.40
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Person
David Ellerman is formerly of the World Bank.
Content
Chapter 1: Jane Jacobs: The Diva of Diversity
Chapter 2: Two Institutional Logics: Exit Vs. Voice and Commitment
Chapter 3: Parallel Experimentation
Chapter 4: Contestation and Devil's Advocacy
Chapter 5: The Indirect Approach
Chapter 6: Knowledge and Autonomy-Compatible Development Assistance
Chapter 7: Investment Climate for Whom?: Rethinking Globalization
Chapter 8: Revisiting the Privatization Debates
Chapter 9: The Logical Fallacy in the Kaldor-Hick Principle and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Chapter 10: A Summing Up
Chapter 2: Two Institutional Logics: Exit Vs. Voice and Commitment
Chapter 3: Parallel Experimentation
Chapter 4: Contestation and Devil's Advocacy
Chapter 5: The Indirect Approach
Chapter 6: Knowledge and Autonomy-Compatible Development Assistance
Chapter 7: Investment Climate for Whom?: Rethinking Globalization
Chapter 8: Revisiting the Privatization Debates
Chapter 9: The Logical Fallacy in the Kaldor-Hick Principle and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Chapter 10: A Summing Up
