Overview
Ethnicity and Development explores the impact of ethnic fragmentation on the success or failure of nations and uses case studies of Bangladesh and Pakistan to illustrate this. It analyzes the role of institutions in engendering economic and social progress and challenges the New Institutional Economics (NIE) narrative. The book argues that the NIE narrative has some gaps, particularly that it is blind to ethnic fragmentation and therefore does not account for the construction of institutions that can build national cohesion in low- and low-middleincome countries (L/LMICs). It shows that L/LMICs have a different cultural context and that they need to first build national cohesion on a foundation of horizontal – across ethnic groups – and vertical – across classes – equity. The author’s analysis also examines other novel issues, such as the boost that is provided by nations acquiring the right of self-determination. Other novelties are the distinction between prime causes (triggers) for economic development and approaches for economic development. More important for this book is the distinction between natural and constructed nations and the conceptual framework presented to analyze their performance. Finally, the study examines the creation of national cohesion in ethnically diverse nations. Addressing a gap in the literature, this book will be of interest to researchers in development economics, political science and sociology and specialists in comparative politics/political theory with a focus on Area Studies.
Full Product Details
Author: Shahrukh Rafi Khan (Mount Holyoke College, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.260kg
ISBN: 9781032630830
ISBN 10: 1032630833
Pages: 78
Publication Date: 14 April 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Shahrukh Rafi Khan is currently a research associate at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts. He has published extensively in refereed journals and authored and edited numerous books. His recent books include Economic Successes in South Asia: A Story of Partnerships (Routledge, 2022); Spontaneous and Induced Collective Action in Pakistani Rural Development (with Shaheen Rafi Khan, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021); Development Economics: A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2020); A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia (with Natasha Ansari, Routledge, 2018); Routledge History of Development Economics Thought (Routledge, 2014); and Market as Means Not Master: Towards New Developmentalism (Routledge, 2010).
