Social Science

Knowledge and Economic Development

Vernon W. Ruttan

340 pages, parution le 07/05/2004

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Ruttan brings an impressive breadth of knowledge to this book, in which he synthesizes various strands of social science research and thought, including evolution of thought about development in anthropology, sociology, political science, and growth economics. These, he argues, are important for development economists as they work to improve economic conditions for people throughout the world. He draws on these contributions in exploring the state of knowledge on the adoption, diffusion, and transfer of technology; the renovation and transformation of traditional institutions; the roles of religion, culture, ethnicity, and nationalism; and the role of foreign economic assistance in economic development.

Ruttan advances a model in which institutional change is induced by changes in resource and cultural endowments and by technical change. The disequilibria resulting from such changes create opportunities for the design of more efficient institutional arrangements. The design perspective employed in the book stands in sharp contrast to organic and evolutionary perspectives.

With its emphasis on interdisciplinarity, Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development is important reading for social scientists, for development economists, and in the development studies classroom.

L'auteur - Vernon W. Ruttan

Vernon W. Ruttan is a Regents' Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Economics and Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. He attended Yale University and the University of Chicago.

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Sommaire

Induced institutional innovation
Cultural endowments and economic development
The sociology of development and underdevelopment
What happened to political development?
Growth Economics and development economics
Technology adoption, diffusion, and transfer
Social capital and institutional renovation
Religion, culture, and nation
Why foreign economic assistance?
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Éditeur(s)	The University of Michigan Press
Auteur(s)	Vernon W. Ruttan
Parution	07/05/2004
Nb. de pages	340
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	660g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780472113552
ISBN13	978-0-472-11355-2