Beschreibung:
Michele Alacevich
Preface1. The Formation of an International Political Economist2. The Politics of Power3. Pioneer of Development4. Remaking Development Economics5. An Interdisciplinary Social Science6. The History and Theory of Market Societies7. The Working of Democracy8. The Legacy of Albert HirschmanNotesAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex
In this intellectual biography, the economic historian Michele Alacevich explores the development and trajectory of Albert O. Hirschman's approach to social-scientific questions. He traces the many strands of Hirschman's thought and their place in his multifaceted body of work, considering their limitations as well as their strengths.