Political economy of nation building
Subtitle: the world's unfinished business
By: Mack Ott
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412847421
Subjects: Political aspects; Economic aspects; Nation-building
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Prologue: origins of the liberal nation state; title: The rule of law and the evolution of the common law; title: The decline of feudalism and the rise of free labor, private property and the market; title: Separation of faith and governance, the rise of literacy, and the emergence of society; title: The autonomy of credit and finance; title: The complex quest for growth; title: Steps and missteps in liberal nations' development; title: The rule of law and matters of good governance; title: Privatization and the expansion of the middle class; title: Nurturing civil society and tolerance; title: Credit, money, and transactions: enabling financial development; title: Economic growth and inequality; title: Epilogue: nation building and national interest.