In Pursuit of Prosperity

Industrial Policy and the Politics of Economic Upgrading

AvCharles R Hankla

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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With so many states committed to economic transformation, and so many experts ready to provide technical advice on how to achieve it, why does progress so often remain elusive? In Pursuit of Prosperity examines the process of economic upgrading—moving to more valuable activities in production, improving technology, knowledge, and skills, and participating in global value chains—and develops a new theory to explain the form and success of national policies designed to promote it. Using a mixed-methods approach, Charles R. Hankla draws upon archival research and interviews from France and India as well as quantitative models of sixteen countries across six decades. He finds that when state and private actors are aligned in their institutional structures, which can happen in both corporatist and pluralist systems, industrial policy tends to be more effective. It is when the state or the private sector independently dominates industrial policy that poor outcomes are most likely. As In Pursuit of Prosperity shows, rather than being fixed characteristics of countries, policymaking styles vary across time and across sectors of the economy, reflecting the changing power dynamics and organizational resources of stakeholders. The book sheds light on how industrial policy—which is experiencing a comeback in the United States and beyond—can best be harnessed for upgrading. It offers a valuable contribution to our understanding of the complex relationship between state politics and economic performance in the modern globalized world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-07-09
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:The University of Michigan Press
ISBN:9780472057467

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Charles R. Hankla is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University and Director of the International Center for Public Policy, part of the university's Public Finance Research Cluster.

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“In Pursuit of Prosperity should be required reading for teaching and research on Comparative Politics and/or economic development, especially dealing with Western Europe or South Asia. I predict it will be highly cited by scholars. Charles Hankla is well respected in his field. He has a reputation for putting out stellar research, and this book does not disappoint.”

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Brief AbstractAcknowledgementsAuthor BiographyChapter 1: Transformative Relationships—Rethinking Economic UpgradingChapter 2: How Can Upgrading be Accomplished? Building the TheoryChapter 3: Postwar France—Fragmentation and CohesionChapter 4: Postwar France—Upgrading in Industry and AgricultureChapter 5: India—Upgrading and the "Tryst with Destiny"Chapter 6: India—Party Centralization, State Dominance, and Industrial PolicyChapter 7: India—Political Change, Multiparty Politics, and UpgradingChapter 8: Extending the Argument—Upgrading Coalitions in the OECD and the United StatesChapter 9: In Pursuit of Prosperity—Concluding Thoughts and Ways ForwardNotesBibliographyIndex

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