Staniland, Martin. 1985.
What is Political Economy?: A Study of Social Theory and Underdevelopment. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Cooper Library
Posted by Chip at May 25, 2004 10:38 AM
Category: Economic Development: Political Economy and Politics
Staniland (1985): Chap 1 Notes
Excerpt: He starts with a discussion of the different meanings assigned to the term political economy. One common variant is study concerned with measuring the costs and benefits entailed by particular policies or particular structures of decision-making. In ot...
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Staniland (1985): Chap 2 Notes
Excerpt: This chapter is concerned with the history of attempts of theorists to conceptualize the relationship between the world of public power and decision-making, politics, and the world of production and distribution, economics. (p. 10) Political Economy an...
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Staniland (1985): Chap 3 Notes
Excerpt: In this chapter he discusses the "new political economy" or public choice economics. Staniland seems fairly favorably disposed toward public choice, though he has some criticisms of its application to development economics by some. He summarizes some b...
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Staniland (1985): Chap 4 Notes
Excerpt: This chapter examines politicist frameworks of political economy. Politicism Economics "in the service of power" or as "reflection of power relationships" is the theme of this chapter. The writers and models examined here have in common the view that p...
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Staniland (1985): Chap 5 Notes
Excerpt: He first asks why international political economy is important. He points out that beginning in the 1970s the rise of globalization made it important. The volume of commercial transactions between countries had grown enormously, but, more significantly...
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Staniland (1985): Chap 6 Notes
Excerpt: Sorry. I'm just not interested right now. Staniland, M. (1985). Marxism as political economy. in What is Political Economy?: A Study of Social Theory and Underdevelopment. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press....
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Staniland (1985): Chap 7 Notes
Excerpt: Cut to the chase. What sort of theory of political economy is "correct"? [It makes sense] from the developmentalist's point of view, to ask for theories that are relevant. By relevant I mean theories that contain or can easily be...
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