called themselves political economists, and Mill’s Principles of Political Economy was the fundamental text of the discipline from its publication in 1848 until the end of the century These early theorists could not conceive of the economic and political worlds as separate Two trends divided the political from the economic analysis
Does political economy matter? And how do we know? The cross-sectional graphs we showed suggests that there is a correlation between political institutions and economic development But do politics actually a?ect development? Many countries have become wealthy without having democracy
The political economy of development: an assessment Christopher Adam? and Stefan Dercon?? Abstract Research in the ?eld of economic development is increasingly engaged with questions of political economy, of how political choices, institutional structures, and forms of governance in?uence the economic choices made by governments and
This course examines the political economy of development, comparing how societies pursue development over time and across space We will conceptualize development broadly as an ongoing objective that concerns societies and communities around the world, not simply in impoverished regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East