The Political Economy of Development (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Amitava Krishna Dutt (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2002 | Series: International Library of Critical Writings in Economics

This three-volume set collects previously published articles in the field of development economics, covering alternative approaches and going beyond the boundaries of economics narrowly defined. Some of the included papers are classic contributions, some are authoritative survey articles and others are more recent contributions. The collection covers topics such as: underdevelopment, growth and income distribution; resources in development; sectoral issues; open economy issues; and economic policies and institutions. The final section offers appraisals of the present state and future evolution of development economics.

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Amitava Krishna Dutt, Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1696 pages
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub; illustrated edition edition (March 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840643447
• ISBN-13: 978-1840643442
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 5.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,718,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Amitava Krishna Dutt is Professor of Economics and Political Science in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, where he is also Fellow of the Kellogg Institute of International Studies and the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies. He was educated at Presidency College, Calcutta, University of Calcutta, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his Ph. D. in Economics in 1983. His fields of specialization in economics are macroeconomic theory, development economics and international economics. He works on models of growth and distribution, North-South uneven development, and war and peace economics. He is the author or editor of several books, including Growth, distribution and uneven development (Cambridge University Press, 1990), International Handbook of Development Economics (Edward Elgar, 2008, co-editor), Happiness, Economics and Politics (Edward Elgar, 2009, co-editor), and Economics and Ethics: An Introduction (coauthor, 2010, Palgrave Macmillan) and of over 125 papers in edited volumes and in journals such as American Economic Review, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Economics Letters, History of Political Economy, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, and World Development. He is a co-editor of the international journal, Metroeconomica and was formerly chairperson of the Department of Economics at Notre Dame. He has been visiting professor at various universities, including, most recently: University of Paris I, Sorbonne-Pantheon; San Francisco University, Quito; FLACSO, Quito; and University of Innsbruck, Austria.