Deals and Development: The Political Dynamics of Growth Episodes
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
: A - Development Studies
- Unit of assessment
- 22 - Anthropology and Development Studies : A - Development Studies
- Output identifier
- 185903715
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780198801641
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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B - SEED
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This peer-reviewed edited collection is based on work undertaken within the DFID-funded Effective States and Inclusive Development research centre, located within GDI. Sen is research director of this centre and led the £250,000 sub-project on 'The Politics of Growth Dynamics in Developing Countries' that this collection derives from, in collaboration with co-editors Lant Pritchett and Eric Werker. The book addresses the central question of why different countries have such different patterns of economic and traces these to specific political dynamics. The project involved merging ESID’s conceptual framework that Sen played a leading role in devising with work by Pritchett and Werker on ‘deals’ and then applying it to ten country case-studies. Sen led the project, trained country authors in the approach, undertook three country case-studies, ensured quality control and led the comparative analysis. The book’s introductory chapter sets out what we currently know about the nature of economic growth episodes in developing countries and established an original conceptual framework for understanding this (Component 1). In Chapters Nine and Ten (Components 2 and 3 respectively), Sen and co-authors apply the framework to the cases of India, Malaysia and Thailand, using a mixture of original primary material and existing secondary data on growth patterns. The book’s concluding chapter (Component 4) brings together the comparative analysis from all ten case-studies, each of which applied the same conceptual approach, and sets out the implications for theory and practice. Sen took a lead role in securing the publishing opportunity with OUP and undertaking the editorial work required to bring the book to completion. This research has had a considerable influence on international policy and practice.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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