The great property fallacy : theory, reality and growth in developing countries / Frank K. Upham.
2018
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The great property fallacy : theory, reality and growth in developing countries / Frank K. Upham.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Physics envy : property rights in development theory
Property and markets : England and America
Property and politics : Japan
Law and development without the law part : China
Theory in action : Cambodia
Property rights and social change.
Property and markets : England and America
Property and politics : Japan
Law and development without the law part : China
Theory in action : Cambodia
Property rights and social change.
Summary
In this groundbreaking book, Frank K .Upham uses empirical analysis and economic theory to demonstrate how myths surrounding property law have blinded us to our own past and led us to demand that developing countries implement policies that are mistaken and impossible. Starting in the 16th century with the English enclosures and ending with the World Bank's recent attempt to reform Cambodian land law - while moving through 19th century America, postwar Japan, and contemporary China - Upham dismantles the virtually unchallenged assertion that growth cannot occur without stable legal property rights, and shows how rapid growth can come only through the destruction of pre-existing property structures and their replacement by more productive ones. He argues persuasively for the replacement of Western myths and theoretical simplifications with nuanced approaches to growth and development that are sensitive to complexity and difference and responsive to the political and social factors essential to successful broad-based development.
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Print version: Upham, Frank K. Great Property Fallacy. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2018
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English
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9781108525381 electronic book
1108525385 electronic book
9781108422833
1108422837
9781108436946
1108436943
1108525385 electronic book
9781108422833
1108422837
9781108436946
1108436943
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