States and Development: Historical Antecedents of Stagnation and Advance (Political Evolution and Institutional Change)

One of the most important issues in comparative politics is the relationship between the state and society and the implications of different relationships for long-term social and economic development. Exploring the contribution states can make to overcoming collective action problems and creating collective goods favourable to social, economic, and political development, the contributors to this significant volume examine how state-society relations as well as features of state structure shape the conditions under which states seek to advance development and the conditions that make success more or less likely. Particular focus is given to bureaucratic oversight, market functioning, and the assertion of democratic demands discipline state actions and contribute to state effectiveness. These propositions and the social mechanisms underlying them are examined in comparative historical and cross-national statistical analyses. The conclusion will also evaluate the results for current policy concerns. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 States and Development....Pages 3-25 Harnessing the State: Rebalancing Strategies for Monitoring and Motivation....Pages 26-47 The Rule of Law and Development: A Weberian Framework of States and State-Society Relations....Pages 48-65 Front Matter....Pages 67-67 State Effectiveness, Economic Growth, and the Age of States....Pages 69-91 Colonial States and Economic Development in Spanish America....Pages 92-116 British Colonial State Legacies and Development Trajectories:A Statistical Analysis of Direct and Indirect Rule....Pages 117-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Building States—Inherently a Long-Term Process? An Argument from Theory....Pages 143-164 Building States—Inherently a Long-Term Process? An Argument from Comparative History....Pages 165-182 How Fast CanYou Build A State? State Building in Revolutions....Pages 183-210 State Building in Korea: Continuity and Crisis....Pages 211-235 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 States and Development:What Insights Did We Gain?....Pages 239-258 Back Matter....Pages 259-269

This important book explores the contribution states can make to overcoming collective action problems and create collective goods favorable to social, economic, and political development. It examines how state-society relations as well as features of state structure shape the conditions under which states seek to advance development and the conditions that make success more or less likely. And it offers empirical evidence showing that historical state structures have had lasting effects even on today's development. Particular focus is given to bureaucratic oversight, market functioning, and the assertion of democratic demands discipline state actions and contribute to state effectiveness. These propositions and the social mechanisms underlying them are examined in comparative historical and cross-national statistical analyses.

Annotation This important book explores the contribution states can make to overcoming collective action problems and create collective goods favorable to social, economic, and political development. It examines how state-society relations as well as features of state structure shape the conditions under which states seek to advance development and the conditions that make success more or less likely. And it offers empirical evidence showing that historical state structures have had lasting effects even on today's development. Particular focus is given to bureaucratic oversight, market functioning, and the assertion of democratic demands discipline state actions and contribute to state effectiveness. These propositions and the social mechanisms underlying them are examined in comparative historical and cross-national statistical analyses