Scarcity, conflicts, and cooperation
Subtitle: essays in the political and institutional economics of development
By: Pranab Bardhan.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Economic development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-294) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: History, institutions, and underdevelopment; title: Distributive conflicts and the persistence of inefficient institutions; title: Power : some conceptual issues; title: Political economy and credible commitment : a review; title: Democracy and poverty : the peculiar case of India; title: Decentralization of governance; title: Capture and governance at local and national levels; title: Corruption; title: Ethnic conflicts : method in the madness?; title: Collective action and cooperation; title: Irrigation and cooperation : an empirical study; title: Global rules, markets, and the poor.