Cultural Foundations of Economic Development

Urban Female Entrepreneurship in Ghana

AvEmily Chamlee-Wright

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Chalmlee-Wright argues that international aid programmes have often been unsuccessful because they are imported.The economics of the Austrian School provide a far stronger theoretical framework which can introduce cultural analysis into questions of economic development and other market processes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-10-09
Mått:138 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy
Antal sidor:214
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415169943

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Nationalekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Emily Chamlee-Wright is Assistant Professor of Economics at Beloit College, Wisconsin, USA

Recensioner i media

'This is a good and serious contribution to the debate on economic development in Ghana and on the Austrian school more generally, which deserves to be widely read.' - Modern African Studies, Vol 36, No. 4 98

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Chapter One. Markets as an Extension of Culture Chapter Two. Economic and Cultural Knowledge: Ghanaian Economic Performance Through an Austrian Lens Chapter Three. The Cultural Foundation of Indigenous Entrepreneurship Chapter Four. Indigenous Credit, Mutual Assistance Societies and Economic Development: Prospects and Impediments Chapter Five. Towards an Interpretive Economics: Three Profiles of Urban Market Women Chapter Six. Conclusion. Culture and Economic Development within the Subjectivist Framework Bibliography.