States and Economic Development A Comparative Historical Analysis [Paperback]

This book addresses the role of political institutions in economic performance, examining the changing state-economy relationships through a comparative history of political and economic development in Britain, USA, Russia, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.List of Figures.

List of Tables.

Preface.

1. Introduction.

Part I:.

2. The Rise of Europe I: State Formation and its Legacies, 800-1800.

3. The Rise of Europe II: State-Making and Economy-Formation from 17th to early 20th century.

4. The Rise of European Industrialisation: Britain and Russia, 1700-1913.

Part II:.

5. The Rise of East Asia I: States and Markets.

6. The Rise of East Asia II: Governed Interdependence.

7. The Decline of Anglo-American Capitalism.

8. Conclusion.

Bibliography.

Index.

A work of monumental synthesis, in the very best of that tradition, pulling intelligently on the best literature and generating a sustainable thesis from that. Adrian Leftwich, University of York

This is a richly researched analysis of the role of the State - and of warfare - in the historical development of capitalism. Development Policy Review

A very useful and provocative book ... a rich variety of conceptual schema ... Weiss and Hobson's book does an excellent job of synthesizing the conceptual gains of the literature on which they build. American Political Science Review

States and Economic Development provides an excellent survey of the role of the state action in 'national' economic development and well-being. Political Studies

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