Democracy and Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Theory, Models and Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Political Regimes and Economic Growth

      • Adam Przeworski, Fernando Limongi, Salvador Giner

      Pages 3-27

   3. On the Relationship between Economic Development and Political Democracy

      • John E. Roemer, Salvador Barberà

      Pages 28-57

3. The Real World of Electoral Democracies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. Democracy: A Key to Development in Costa Rica?

      • Juan-Rafael Vargas, Amiya Kumar Bagchi

      Pages 61-91

   3. Democracy and Development in India

      • Sudipta Kaviraj, Kumkum Sangari

      Pages 92-137

   4. Democracy and Economic Growth: The Japanese Experience

      • Michio Morishima, Bruce Cumings

      Pages 138-164

4. Transition to Democracy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Development Policy Decision-Making in Democratic Spain

      • Josep M. Colomer, Javier Ruiz-Castillo

      Pages 167-192

   3. Democracy and the Demise of National Developmentalism: Turkey in Perspective

      • Caglar Keyder, Dharam Ghai

      Pages 193-214

   4. Democracy, Authoritarianism and Development in China

      • Carl Riskin, Michio Morishima

      Pages 215-234

   5. South Africa: The Problems in a Deeply Divided Society

      • Francis Wilson, Jonathan Leape

      Pages 235-255

   6. Marketization and Democratization: The Sino-Soviet Divergence

      • Wlodzimierz Brus, Anthony B. Atkinson

      Pages 256-282

5. Back Matter

   Pages 283-296

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The relationship between economic development and political systems is of major importance in today's rapidly changing world. This is the issue addressed in this volume by an international team of academics drawn from the social sciences. The chapters range from a theoretical exploration of the measurement of development and collective well-being under both democracy and dictatorship to case studies of the workings of different political regimes around the world. Of particular interest are models of political and economic equilibrium in procedural democracies and the detailed exploration of the working of economic systems that have operated as formal democracies for some time. Specialists in comparative analysis will find the chapters on the prospects for democracy and development in countries such as China, South Africa and eastern Europe of special interest.

• decision-making
• democracy
• democratization
• development
• dictatorship
• Economic Development
• economic growth
• Policy
• social science
• transition

• Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India

  Amiya Kumar Bagchi

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