Industrialization and Globalization: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries / Edition 2

by John Weiss

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415180184
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/28/2002
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Industrialisation since 1960: an overview. Chapter 2. Are there different paths to industrialisation? Chapter 3. Neoclassical orthodoxy dominant. Chapter 4. What remains of the challenges to orthodoxy? Chapter 5. Small-scale industry: is it really beautiful? Chapter 6. Technology: can we open the black box? Chapter 7. Globalisation and industrialisation. Chapter 8. Creating competitive advantage.