Industrialization and Globalization: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries

By John Weiss

Book Overview

In a refreshingly accessible style John Weiss presents a survey of industrialization in developing countries since 1945, as well as a study of the predominant theories of industrial growth in the Third World. This authoritative text analyzes:
* the possibility of different paths to industrialization
* the dominant neoclassical view and the challenges to this orthodoxy
* the importance of small scale industry
* the priority of technological change to industrialization.
At a time when globalization is becoming an increasingly controversial phenomenon, this book offers a powerful argument that despite potential difficulties with market access, integration with the world market offers developing countries the opportunity for future growth via industrialization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415458633
• ISBN13: 9780415458634
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"