The role of the state in economic change /

The role of the state in economic change / edited by Ha-Joon Chang and Robert Rowthorn. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1995 - xii, 302 pages ; 24 cm. - Studies in development economics .

"A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The role of the state has occupied centre stage in the development of economics as an independent discipline and is one of the most contentious issues addressed by contemporary economists and political economists. The immediate post-war years saw a swing in economic theory towards interventionism, motivated by the urgent need for reconstruction in advanced capitalist countries, the establishment of socialism in parts of Asia and Eastern Europe, and the liberation of many developing nations from colonialism. After a quarter of a century of interventionist policies, a vigourous backlash against.

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Desarrollo económico --Aspectos políticos--Estudios de casos
Política económica--Estudios de casos

HD 87 / R745 1995