Colonial Theories of Institutional Development

Colonial Theories of Institutional Development
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Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9783319541273
ISBN-13 : 3319541277
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Book Synopsis Colonial Theories of Institutional Development by : Daniel Oto-Peralías

Download or read book Colonial Theories of Institutional Development written by Daniel Oto-Peralías and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the role played by initial endowments and colonizer identity in seeking to explain institutional development in former colonies. It presents a model of two styles of imperialism that integrates the colonial origin and endowment views explaining current institutions. The authors argue that Great Britain and Portugal adopted an ‘economically-oriented’ style, which was pragmatic and sensitive to initial conditions. For this style of imperialism the endowment view is applicable. In contrast, France employed a ‘politically-oriented’ style of imperialism, in which ideological and political motivations were more present. This led to a uniform colonial policy that largely disregarded initial endowments. In turn, the case of Spain represents a hybrid of the two models. The empirical analysis presented here reveals a remarkable degree of heterogeneity in the relationship of endowments and colonizer identity with current institutions.


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