General Information

Author/Creator

Davis, Diane E., 1953-

Language

English.

Published

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Physical Description

xii, 421 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

Revealing that the key to successful economic development in late industrializers rests in the state's capacity to discipline capitalists, this study sheds light on why certain countries (South Korea and Taiwan) have the capacity to discipline capitalists, while others (Mexico and Argentina) find themselves at the receiving end of industrialists' political and economic power. Closer examination of middle classes, especially rural middle classes, reveals the extent to which they achieve sufficient political sway in politics and society, and thus are able to impose such discipline.

Subjects

Subject

Middle class > East Asia.

Middle class > Latin America.

Industrialization > East Asia.

Industrialization > Latin America.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Diane E. Davis.

Content

Preface: discipline and development: middle class and late industrialization in East Asia and Latin America -- 1. An introduction to middle classes, discipline and development -- 2. Middle classes and development theory -- 3. Discipline and reward: rural middle classes and the South Korean development miracle -- 4. Disciplinary development as rural middle class formation: proletarianized peasants and farmer-workers in Argentina and Taiwan -- 5. From victors to victims? Rural middle classes, revolutionary legacies, and the unfulfilled promise of disciplinary development in Mexico -- 6. Disciplinary developments in a new millennium: the global context of past gains and future prospects.

ISBN

0521807484

0521002087

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	338.95 DAV		OSA Repository	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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