Geography, structural change and economic development
Subtitle: theory and empirics
By: edited by Neri Salvadori, Pasquale Commendatore and Massimo Tamberi.
Contributors: Salvadori, Neri.; Commendatore, Pasquale; Tamberi, Massimo.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781848442290
Subjects: Economic development; Economic development -- Social aspects
Description: "The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon, which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who in the post-war period analyzed regional inequalities, structural change and dualism, and the modern literature on economic growth. The latter has emphasized the existence of multiple equilibria, bifurcations and various types of dynamic complexity, and clarified the conditions for the emergence of phenomena such as cumulative causation, path dependence and hysteresis. These are the typical ingredients of structural change, economic development or underdevelopment." "Investigating 'the mechanisms of economic development', this book will be of great interest to researchers and postgraduate students, especially those oriented towards the study of structural and geographical aspects of economic growth and development."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.