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Colonialism and Postcolonial Development
Contributor(s): Mahoney, James (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521116341     ISBN-13: 9780521116343
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $114.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism
- Political Science | Comparative Politics
Dewey: 325.346
LCCN: 2009022864
Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" L (1.60 lbs) 424 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 08/01/2010
 
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Publisher Description:
In this comparative-historical analysis of Spanish America, James Mahoney offers a new theory of colonialism and postcolonial development. The book explores why certain kinds of societies are subject to certain kinds of colonialism and why these forms of colonialism give rise to countries with differing levels of economic prosperity and social well-being. Mahoney contends that differences in the extent of colonialism are best explained by the potentially evolving fit between the institutions of the colonizing nation and those of the colonized society. Moreover, he shows how institutions forged under colonialism bring countries to relative levels of development that may prove remarkably enduring in the postcolonial period. The argument is sure to stir discussion and debate, both among experts on Spanish America who believe that development is not tightly bound by the colonial past, and among scholars of colonialism who suggest that the institutional identity of the colonizing nation is of little consequence.

Contributor Bio(s): Mahoney, James: - James Mahoney is a Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Northwestern University. He is the author of The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America (2001), which received the Barrington Moore Jr. Prize of the Comparative and Historical Section of the American Sociological Association. He is also coeditor of Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences (Cambridge University Press, 2003), which received the Giovanni Sartori Book Award of the Qualitative Methods Section of the American Political Science Association and coeditor (with Kathleen Thelen) of Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency, and Power (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
 
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