Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Development
5. Political Economics and Possibilism 1
6. Underdevelopment, Obstacles to the Perception of Change, and Leadership 35
7. The Rise and Decline of Development Economics 49
8. The Changing Tolerance for Income Inequality in the Course of Economic Development 74
9. The Political Economy of Import-Substituting Industrialization in Latin America 102
10. The Search for Paradigms as a Hindrance to Understanding 137
11. A Generalized Linkage Approach to Development, with Special Reference to Staples 155
12. Markets
13. The Concept of Interest 195
14. Rival Views of Market Society 214
15. Against Parsimony 248
16. Three Uses of Political Economy in Analyzing European Integration 265
17. Democracy
18. Opinionated Opinions and Democracy 284
19. Reactionary Rhetoric 293
20. Exit, Voice, and the State 309
21. Morality and the Social Sciences 331
22. Social Conflicts as Pillars of Democratic Market Society 345
23. Afterword by Emma Rothschild and Amartya Sen 363
24. Acknowledgments 369
25. Index 373