The Political Economy of Neo-modernisation: Rethinking the Dynamics of Technology, Development and Inequality

by Seung Jin Baek

Overview

Is there a limit to technological advancements? Are technological advancements creating a more equal and fair world? Starting from influential thinkers driving a never-ending evaluation of development discourse – incorporating theories of modernisation, endogenous growth, globalisation, neoliberalism and several others –  Seung-Jin Baek answers these questions and sets out practical steps to create societies that are more equal in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

This book explores why Western-centred development strategies are unlikely to bring about similar developmental paths and outcomes in developing economies. By theoretically and empirically assessing the Technology-Development-Inequality nexus, Baek explores why a distorted developmental path has been observed in recent years, with high income countries being associated with rising inequality.

This is important reading for all those seeking to understand international development in a twenty-first century context. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319913940
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	07/24/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Seung-Jin Baek is a South Korean Economist, working at various United Nations Economic and Social Commissions. His research focus lies at the nexus of multidimensional inequality and sustainable transformation and is broadly applicable, most notably to the fields of development policy and political economy.

Table of Contents

Part I: Meta-Narrative on The Technology-Development-Inequality Nexus.- Chapter 1: Uncovering Complexity in the Policy Mix for Sustainability Transitions.- Chapter 2: Reconstructing Modernisation in the Quest for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 3: Comparative Perspective on Modernisation and Institutionalism.- Part II: Growth and Inequality Interaction In the Quest for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 4: Stylised Fact of the Changing Inequality-Growth Landscape.- Chapter 5: Theoretical Reshaping for the Augmented Inequality Dynamics.- Chapter 6: Can the SDGs Promote Structural Transformation in Africa? An Empirical Analysis.- Part III: Theory of the Developmental S-Curve In Process of Development.- Chapter 7: Limit to Improvement: Myth or Reality?.- Chapter 8: Is the Universal Consensus on “Technology Drives Development” Analytic or Synthetic?.- Chapter 9: Bringing the Developmental State Back in the Age of Exponentiality.