Strategies of Economic Development : Readings in the Political Economy of Industrialization

In the aftermath of the debt crisis, disappointment with the results of structural adjustment policies is leading to a reappraisal of theories of economic development and industrialization strategies. This book comprises a collection of essays on economic development. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Kurt Mandelbaum and the Classical Tradition in Development Theory....Pages 3-25 Modern Development Theory....Pages 27-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Economic Development: Objectives and Obstacles....Pages 79-95 Trade and Development: Some Basic Issues....Pages 97-111 The Kuznets Curve and Beyond: Growth and Changes In Inequalities....Pages 117-133 ’Monopoly Capitalism’ and Public Policy in Developing Countries....Pages 135-151 Capital Goods in Developing Countries....Pages 153-171 Short-Term Policy Tradeoffs Under Different Phases of Economic Development....Pages 173-190 Equity with Growth in Taiwan: How ‘Special’ is the ‘Special Case’?....Pages 191-209 Dependency and the Newly Industrialising Countries (NICs): Towards a Reappraisal....Pages 211-229 The Contradictions of Socialist Economies: A Marxist Interpretation....Pages 233-262 Primitive Accumulation, Agrarian Reform and Socialist Transitions: an Argument....Pages 263-305 Development Planning in the Small Socialist Economy....Pages 307-325 Back Matter....Pages 326-337