The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876–1929 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) - Hardcover

Haber, Stephen; Razo, Armando; Maurer, Noel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521820677 ISBN 13: 9780521820677

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This detailed economic history of Mexico presents a theory about how rent seeking permits economic growth and explains why political instability is not necessarily correlated with economic stagnation. It is intended for historians of Latin America, scholars interested in economic development, and political scientists interested in the political foundations of growth. Hb ISBN (2003): 0-521-82067-7

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About the Authors

Stephen Haber is A. A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor at Stanford University, where he teaches political science and history. He is also the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution. Haber also serves as Director of Stanford's Social Science History Institute. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Industry and Underdevelopment: The Industrialization of Mexico, 1890–1940 (1989) and How Latin America Fell Behind (1997).

Armando Razo is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. He has published articles in World Politics and the Journal of Latin American Studies.

Professor Noel Maurer is Assistant Professor of Economics at ITAM. He has been a lecturer at Stanford University, and is the author of The Power and the Money: The Mexican Financial System, 1876–1931, as well as the author of articles for journals such as the Journal of Economic History and the Journal of Latin American Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521820677
• ISBN 13: 9780521820677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 406