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oapen-20.500.12657-495692021-07-21T04:32:02Z Leap into Modernity – Political Economy of Growth on the Periphery, 1943–1980 Leszczynski, Adam 1943–1980 20th century history Developing countries in 20th century Economic planning Economic underdevelopment Economy Growth History of Poland Leap Leszczyński Modernity Periphery Political Political economy of development bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBG General & world history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPA Political science & theory bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPF Political ideologies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics This book describes struggles of different countries and their development after World War II. It presents a panorama of different ideologies of accelerated development, which dominated the world just before the war and in the next 40 years. The author explains why in the 1970s global and local elites began to turn away from the state, exchanging statism for the belief in the «invisible hand of the market» as a panacea for underdevelopment. He focuses not only on the genesis of underdevelopment, but also on the causes of popularity of economic planning, and the advent of neoliberalism in the discourse of development economics. This book evaluates the power of state as a vehicle of progress and focuses in detail on the Soviet Union, China, Poland, Ghana, Tanzania, and South Korea. 2021-06-16T10:24:27Z 2021-06-16T10:24:27Z 2017 book ONIX_20210616_9783653048865_12 9783653048865 9783631710005 9783631710012 9783631656365 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49569 eng Geschichte – Erinnerung – Politik. Studies in History, Memory and Politics application/pdf n/a 9783653048865.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b10801 10.3726/b10801 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 9783653048865 9783631710005 9783631710012 9783631656365 16 378 Bern open access
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This book describes struggles of different countries and their development after World War II. It presents a panorama of different ideologies of accelerated development, which dominated the world just before the war and in the next 40 years. The author explains why in the 1970s global and local elites began to turn away from the state, exchanging statism for the belief in the «invisible hand of the market» as a panacea for underdevelopment. He focuses not only on the genesis of underdevelopment, but also on the causes of popularity of economic planning, and the advent of neoliberalism in the discourse of development economics. This book evaluates the power of state as a vehicle of progress and focuses in detail on the Soviet Union, China, Poland, Ghana, Tanzania, and South Korea.
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