Political Development and Conflict in East Asia and Latin America

Long run processes of socio-economic change generate prodigious problems of social conflict and social control, and governments responsible for these processes must therefore manage the resultant conflict. Consequently, the success or failure of a government's management of such conflicts is a crucial factor in development outcomes.

This volume investigates the political struggle for development specifically in two vital regions - East Asia and Latin America. This analysis calls into question the dominant emphasis on institutional and cultural bases for stable growth. A careful historical account of the two regions is presented, which permits the rigorous testing of conventional wisdoms regarding development. Of importance to a broad range of academics in the spheres of development studies, politics, political economy and sociology, this book will also make an interesting read for those with a general interest in these areas.

Richard Boyd is Reader in the Law and Society of Japan at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.

Benno Galjart is Emeritus Professor of Development Sociology at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.

Tak-Wing Ngo is Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.