States and Development: Historical Antecedents of Stagnation and Advance

by Matthew Lange and Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Book Overview

One of the most important issues in comparative politics is the relationship between the state and society and the implications of different relationships for long-term social and economic development. Exploring the contribution states can make to overcoming collective action problems and creating collective goods favourable to social, economic, and political development, the contributors to this significant volume examine how state-society relations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403964939
• ISBN13: 9781403964939
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"