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BL
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| Record Number
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706671
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b528860
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| Main Entry
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Ruttan, Vernon W.
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| Title & Author
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Social science knowledge and economic development : : an institutional design perspective /\ Vernon W. Ruttan.
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| Publication Statement
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, 2003.
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| Series Statement
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Economics, cognition, and society
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| Page. NO
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xvii, 341 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0472113550 (Cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-326) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Induced institutional innovation -- Cultural endowments and economic development -- The sociology of development and underdevelopment -- What happened to political development? -- Growth economics and development economics -- Technology adoption, diffusion, and transfer -- Social capital and institutional renovation -- Religion, culture, and nation -- Why foreign economic assistance?
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Applied sociology.
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Economic development.
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Organizational change-- Economic aspects-- Developing countries.
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Technological innovations-- Economic aspects-- Developing countries.
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| LC Classification
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HD75.R88 2003
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HD75.R88 2003
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