Development and the State in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive analysis of the state's role in contemporary development. The book examines the challenge

This book, through an analysis of case studies in Latin America and Southeast Asia, sets out to understand the form and function of contemporary states seeking

The fully revised new edition of this textbook presents a well-balanced set of economic development financing tools and techniques focused on our current times

Exposes the theoretical and empirical limitations of the developmental state paradigm, offering policy alternatives.

Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrori