TY - BOOK AU - Chang,Ha-Joon AU - Rowthorn,Bob ED - World Institute for Development Economics Research TI - The role of the state in economic change / SN - 0198289847 AV - HD 87 R745 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - Oxford, New York : PB - Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, KW - Desarrollo económico KW - Aspectos políticos KW - Estudios de casos KW - Política económica N1 - "A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The role of the state has occupied centre stage in the development of economics as an independent discipline and is one of the most contentious issues addressed by contemporary economists and political economists. The immediate post-war years saw a swing in economic theory towards interventionism, motivated by the urgent need for reconstruction in advanced capitalist countries, the establishment of socialism in parts of Asia and Eastern Europe, and the liberation of many developing nations from colonialism. After a quarter of a century of interventionist policies, a vigourous backlash against ER -