Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development by Robert H. Bates

Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development

Robert H. Bates

124 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective fast-paced
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As power and politics play a role in every society, rich or poor, Bates argues it is the reorganization of coercion--not its extinction--that underpins the security needed for investment. Although history makes clear that political structures can ...

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