The great property fallacy, theory, reality, and growth in developing countries, Frank K. Upham, New York University School of Law
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The great property fallacy, theory, reality, and growth in developing countries, Frank K. Upham, New York University School of Law
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The great property fallacy
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bibliography
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1005107064
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Frank K. Upham, New York University School of Law
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theory, reality, and growth in developing countries
Summary
The author] uses empirical analysis and economic theory to demonstrate how myths surrounding property law have blinded us to our own past and led us to demand that developing countries implement policies that are mistaken and impossible. Starting in the 16th century with the English enclosures and ending with the World Bank's recent attempt to reform Cambodian land law - while moving through 19th century America, postwar Japan, and contemporary China - [the author] dismantles the virtually unchallenged assertion that growth cannot occur without stable legal property rights, and shows how rapid growth can come only through the destruction of pre-existing property structures and their replacement by more productive ones. [The author aruges] for the replacement of Western myths and theoretical simplifications with nuanced approaches to growth and development that are sensitive to complexity and difference and responsive to the political and social factors essential to successful broad-based development.--, Provided by Publisher
Table of contents
Physics envy : property rights in development theory -- Property and markets : England and America -- Property and politics : Japan -- Law and development without the law part : China -- Theory in action : Cambodia -- Property rights and social change
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