Business and the State in Developing Countries (Cornell Studies in Political Economy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801433711 ISBN 13: 9780801433719

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Much of the debate about development in the past decade pitted proponents of unfettered markets against advocates of developmental states. Yet, in many developing countries what best explains variations in economic performance is not markets or states but rather the character of relations between business and government. The studies in Business and the State in Developing Countries identify a range of close, collaborative relations between bureaucrats and capitalists that enhance elements of economic performance and defy conventional expectations that such relations lead ineluctably to rent-seeking, corruption, and collusion.

All based on extensive field research, the essays contrast collaborative and collusive relations in a wide range of developing countries, mostly in Latin America and Asia, and isolate the conditions under which collaboration is most likely to emerge and survive. The contributors highlight the crucial roles played by capable bureaucracies and strong business associations.

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About the Author

Ben Ross Schneider is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is the author of Business Politics and the State in 20th Century Latin America. Sylvia Maxfield is Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801433711
• ISBN 13: 9780801433719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Maxfield Sylvia, Schneider Ben Ross