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Institutions count : their role and significance in Latin American development / Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith

Portes, Alejandro, 1944- ; Smith, Lori D., 1982-

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012

Online Ressource (xiv, 206 p.) : ill.

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

0-520-95406-8 (electronic bk.); 978-0-520-95406-9 (electronic bk.)

978-0-520-95406-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-520-95406-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-520-27354-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-27354-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-27353-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-520-27353-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-27354-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-520-27354-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-27354-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

9780520273542

OCoLC: 815651151 (aus SWB)      ; OCoLC: 809411159 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HN110.5.A8

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LOC-SH: Social institutions -- Latin America ; Economic development -- Social aspects -- Latin America ; Public administration -- Latin America ; Institutional economics -- Latin America ; Electronic books ; Economic development -- Social aspects -- Latin America ; Public administration -- Latin America ; Institutional economics ; Social institutions -- Latin America

Electronic books ; Latin America ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General ; Social institutions ; Public administration ; Institutional economics ; Economic development ; Social aspects ; Sociology ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General

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What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation's institutions. This book is the first comparative study of how real institutions affect national development. It seeks to examine and deepen this insight through a systematic study of institutions in five Latin American countries and how they differ within and across nations. Postal systems, stock exchanges, public health services and others were included in the sample, all studied with th