Democracy and Growth in the Twenty-first Century The Diverging Cases of China and Italy /

• Main Authors: Grillo, Francesco (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Nanetti, Raffaella Y. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Economic policy.; International economics.; Public finance.; Economic growth.; Political economy.; Law and economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; International Economics.; Public Economics.; Economic Growth.; International Political Economy.; Law and Economics.

Is democracy still the best political regime for countries to adapt to economic and technological pressures and increase their level of prosperity? While the West seems to have stagnated in an environment of political mistrust, increasing inequality and low growth, the rise of the East has shown tha...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Democracy, Innovation and Growth
• Chapter 2: Making Democracy Work for Innovation
• Chapter 3: China: Comparative Advantages and Risks of the Entrepreneurial State
• Chapter 4: Italy: Simultaneous Crisis of Democracy, Innovation and Economic Efficiency
• Chapter 5: Knowledge Democracy as Key to the Twenty-First Century.