Democracy and Development : Proceedings of the IEA Conference held in Barcelona, Spain

The relationship between economic development and political systems is of major importance in today's rapidly changing world. This is the issue addressed in this volume by an international team of academics drawn from the social sciences. The chapters range from a theoretical exploration of the measurement of development and collective well-being under both democracy and dictatorship to case studies of the workings of different political regimes around the world. Of particular interest are models of political and economic equilibrium in procedural democracies and the detailed exploration of the working of economic systems that have operated as formal democracies for some time. Specialists in comparative analysis will find the chapters on the prospects for democracy and development in countries such as China, South Africa and eastern Europe of special interest. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Political Regimes and Economic Growth....Pages 3-27 On the Relationship between Economic Development and Political Democracy....Pages 28-57 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Democracy: A Key to Development in Costa Rica?....Pages 61-91 Democracy and Development in India....Pages 92-137 Democracy and Economic Growth: The Japanese Experience....Pages 138-164 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 Development Policy Decision-Making in Democratic Spain....Pages 167-192 Democracy and the Demise of National Developmentalism: Turkey in Perspective....Pages 193-214 Democracy, Authoritarianism and Development in China....Pages 215-234 South Africa: The Problems in a Deeply Divided Society....Pages 235-255 Marketization and Democratization: The Sino-Soviet Divergence....Pages 256-282 Back Matter....Pages 283-296