Development and Underdevelopment, 5/e

Contents:

Preface
The Dual Gaps: An Overview of Theory and Research (Mitchell A. Seligson)

Part 1: Is There a Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries?

Characteristics of the Income Gap Between Countries, 1960?2010 J(ohn T Passé-Smith) • The Rising Inequality of World Income Distribution (Robert Hunter Wade) • Empirics of World Income Inequality (Glenn Firebaugh) • Assessing Contending Measures of the Gap, 1980-2010 • The Economic Lives of the Poor (Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo)

Part 2: Historical Origins of the Gap

The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective (Angus Maddison) • Why Did Human History Unfold Differently on Different Continents? (Jared Diamond) • Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development (Dani Rodrik, Arvind Subramarian, and Francesco Trebbi) • The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development (Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson) • Macroeconomic Narratives from Africa and the Diaspora: Institutions Versus Policies: A Tale of Two Islands (Peter Blair Henry and Conrad Miller)

Part 3: The Other Gap: Domestic Income Inequality

Economic Growth and Income Inequality (Simon Kuznets) • Inequality and Insurgency (Edward N. Muller and Mitchell A. Seligson) • Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion (Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins) • Equality and Efficiency: Is There a Trade-off Between the Two or Do They Go Hand in Hand?
(Andrew G. Berg and Jonathan D. Ostry) • Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution? (Martin Ravallion)

Part 4: The Classical Thesis: Convergence or Divergence?

The Five Stages of Growth (W. W. Rostow) • Productivity Growth, Convergence, and Welfare: What the Long-Run Data Show (William J. Baumol) • Productivity Growth, Convergence, and Welfare: Comment
(J. Bradford DeLong)

Part 5: Culture and Underdevelopment

The Achievement Motive in Economic Growth (David C. McClelland) • Underdevelopment Is a State of Mind (Lawrence E. Harrison) • The Effect of Cultural Values on Economic Development: Theory, Hypotheses, and Some Empirical Tests (Jim Granato, Ronald Inglehart, and David Leblang)

Part 6: Dependency and World Systems Theory: Still Relevant?

The Development of Underdevelopment (Andre Gunder Frank) • American Penetration and Canadian Development: A Case Study of Mature Dependency (Heather-Jo Hammer and John W. Gartrell) • New Paths: Globalization in a Historical Perspective (Fernando Henrique Cardoso)

Part 7: The Role of Institutions

Big Bills Left on the Sidewalk: Why Some Nations Are Rich and Others Poor (Mancur Olson Jr.) • Urban Bias and Inequality (Michael Lipton) • Political Regimes and Economic Growth (Adam Przeworski and Fernando Limongi) • Inequality as a Constraint on Growth in Latin America (Nancy Birdsall and Richard Sabot) • What Makes Countries Rich or Poor? (Jared Diamond)

Part 8: Natural Resources, Climate Change, and the Gap

Commodity Prices, Growth, and the Natural Resource Curse: Reconciling a Conundrum (Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis) • Parasite Prevalence and the Worldwide Distribution of Cognitive Ability (Christopher Eppig, Corey Fincher, and Randy Thornhill) • Climate Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Century (Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones, and Benjamin A. Olken)

Part 9: Conclusion

Inequality in a Global Perspective: Directions for Further Research (Mitchell A. Seligson)
Basic Indicators of the Gaps Between Rich and Poor Countries • Index • About the Book

About the Authors:

Mitchell A. Seligson is Centennial Professor of political science at Vanderbilt University.
John T Passé-Smith is professor of political science at the University of Central Arkansas.