The Development Dilemma: Security, Prosperity, and a Return to History

by Robert H. Bates

Book Overview

Reassessing the developing world through the lens of Europe's past

Today's developing nations emerged from the rubble of the Second World War. Only a handful of these countries have subsequently attained a level of prosperity and security comparable to that of the advanced industrial world. The implication is clear: those who study the developing world in order to learn how development can be achieved lack the data to do so.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691167354
• ISBN13: 9780691167350
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"