Overview
- Scrutinizes and advances development economics from a methodological standpoint
- Sharpens the methods of development research in order to reach more policy-relevant and context-specific conclusions
- Makes accessible to English-speaking scholars a body of literature previously tied to the German language
Part of the book series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences (EHES, volume 8)
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Table of contents(14 chapters)
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Introduction
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Economic Characteristics of Low-Income Countries
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Development Economics: The Past 70 Years
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In Search of an Analytical Framework for the Study of Low-Income Countries: The Style-Economic Approach
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Authors and Affiliations
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Cologne, Germany
Matthias P. Altmann
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contextual Development Economics
Book Subtitle: A Holistic Approach to the Understanding of Economic Activity in Low-Income Countries
Authors: Matthias P. Altmann
Series Title: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7231-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7230-9Published: 01 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2765-0Published: 27 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7231-6Published: 16 November 2010
Series ISSN: 1572-1744
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5892
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 287
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Development Economics, Political Science