Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development
By R. Bates. 2001
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- Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia (2009, background): “In the context of a weak institutional environment, realignments in power and resources, and challenges to existing interests and values—phenomena inherent in the development process—can lead to social tensions and conflicts that, in cases, result in violence (Bates, 2000).”
- The Risk of Resource Misappropriation in Community-Driven Development (2003, background): “In particular, it is the need for reasonably strong and stable governments to solve a fiscal crisis, usually in situations dominated by armed conflicts with neighbouring countries, that has proven highly conducive to the adoption of representative institutions (Tilly, 1985, 1992 ; see also Bates and”
- The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Colombia (2009, unknown): “It has also suggested that inter-state competition and warfare (Hintze, 1975, Tilly, 1975, 1990, Brewer, 1988, Herbst, 2000, Bates, 2001, Centeno, 2002) and domestic political competition in uence the incentives of politicians to build state capacity (Acemoglu, Ticchi, Vindigni, 2006, Besley and…”
- Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth (2006, unknown): “transformation of society (Bates, 2000), especially how to foster a greater sense of cooperation and inclusion in environments where there is (actual and potential) division, exclusion, and disaffection.”
- Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries (2008, background): “15 The main sources from which I have drawn are Bates (2001), Bates and Lien (1985), Brewer (1989), Ertman (1997), Ferguson (2001), Levi (1988), Mahon (2005), North and Weingast (1989), Rosenthal (1998), Ross (2004), Tilly (1992) and Zolberg (1980).”
- Adverse Incorporation, Social Exclusion and Chronic Poverty (2007, background): “The links between state formation and violence are particularly significant, and have led to forms of political conflict that in turn have created and sustained poverty (Bates, 2001, 2005).”
- Using the Law to Change the Custom (2012, unknown): “…Bates, one can state this problem as follows: "although those who impose the statutory law make efforts to inform themselves (about the case), they remain outsiders and are therefore less likely to possess detailed information than would neighbors and kin" (Bates 2001: 64; see also Davis, 2009).”
- The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929 (2003, background): “11 The literature on limited government is exemplified by North (1981), pp. 154–57, and (1990); Levi (1988); Weingast (1997a, 1997b); North and Weingast (1989); North, Summerhill, et al. (2000); and Bates (2001), chap.”