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Book SynopsisPolitical Institutions and Development challenges the cliche that 'good institutions' are essential for sustainable socio-economic development by focusing on the need to adapt potential solutions to local conditions.
The authors argue that there is no one optimal institutional design that can be successfully applied to any country. The macro- and micro-level studies contained in this book demonstrate that institutions are highly context-dependent and time-sensitive and must be tailored to local conditions. Specifically, law and order, effective governance, ethnic sensitivity, a supporting political culture, civil rights, and individual opportunities to participate in decision-making are also necessary. With its global perspective, this book explores the relationship between political institutions and development from such diverse regions as the Commonwealth of Independent States, East and South Asia, and Latin America.
This book will appeal to scholars and researchers in political science, economics, political economy, development studies and globalization. It will also find a wider audience amongst policymakers, development agencies and policy communities throughout the world.
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: What Matters for Institutions’ Effect on Development: Conditions and Qualifications Natalia Dinello and Vladimir Popov PART I: MACROPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONS: DEMOCRACY, FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 1. Development and the Limits of Institutional Design Francis Fukuyama 2. Democracy and Poverty Reduction: Explorations on the Sen Conjecture Luca Barbone, Louise Cord, Katy Hull and Justin Sandefur 3. Democratization, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth Victor Polterovich and Vladimir Popov 4. Federalism and Political Centralization Ruben Enikolopov and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya 5. Democracy and State Effectiveness Shaoguang Wang PART II: PARTICIPATION AND GOVERNANCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: SUCCESSES AND FAILURES 6. Has Forest Co-management in Malawi Benefited the Poor? Charles B.L. Jumbe and Arild Angelsen 7. Participation and Joint Forest Management in Andhra Pradesh, India Bhagirath Behera and Stefanie Engel 8. Clientelism, Public Workfare and the Emergence of the Piqueteros in Argentina Lucas Ronconi and Ignacio Franceschelli Index
