Comparative Political Economy: A Developmental ApproachA revised and updated edition of this student text which takes account of the major changes in the world's politico-economic systems since the first edition, published in 1990. The book is a comparative analysis of states, considering their affluence, democracy and public policy, describing the polity and economy in a number of countries, and surveying the dominant theoretical approaches. |
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Myrdals analysis | 15 |
the gap model | 26 |
the Kuznets curve | 45 |
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Africa Africa n analysis argued Asia average growth rates basic Beta budget allocation capitalism capitalist regimes cent Coeff command economy communist correlation Côte d'Ivoire country variation deficit spending democracy democracy index democratic Denmark economic development economic growth economic system efficiency evaluation factors Finland gap theory GDP per capita GNP/cap households hypothesis impact implies income distribution income inequality increase indicators inflation institutional sclerosis institutionalization Ireland Japan Latin America level of affluence market economy market socialism means measures mixed capitalist mixed economy modernization Norway OECD OECD countries outcomes output overall political development political economy political system politico-economic regimes poor countries Portugal Post-communist problem public expenditure public resource allocation rand real GDP redistribution relation relevant rich countries scores set of countries socio-economic Source structure Summers and Heston Sweden Swedish Table Third World Third World countries types unemployment University Press variables various welfare societies World Bank