Political Conflict and Development in East Asia and Latin America

Edited by Richard Boyd, Galjart Benno, Tak-Wing Ngo

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Long run processes of socio-economic change generate prodigious problems of social conflict and social control and governments responsible for these processes must therefore manage the resultant conflict. Consequently, the success or failure of a governments management of such conflicts is a crucial factor in development outcomes.

This volume investigates the political struggle for development specifically in two vital regions - East Asia and Latin America. This analysis calls into question the dominant emphasis on institutional and cultural bases for stable growth. A careful historical account of the two regions is presented which permits the rigorous testing of conventional wisdoms regarding development. Of importance to a broad range of academics in the spheres of development studies, politics, political economy and sociology, this book will also make an interesting read for those with a general interest in these areas.