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Catching Up - The Limits of Rapid Economic Development (Paperback)
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Disparities between the economic development of nations have
widened throughout the twentieth century, and they show no sign of
closing. In the nineteenth century, the economic potential of
developed countries was three times that of the rest of the world.
Today the gap is twenty times greater, and the trend is increasing.
In this provocative reexamination of theories of accelerated
development, or "catching up," Vladislav L. Inozemtsev traces the
evolution of thinking about how countries lagging behind can most
swiftly move forward, and assesses their prospects for success in
this effort. Inozemtsev reviews the experience of the Soviet Union,
as well as the recent experience of Japan, China, and Southeast
Asia. He finds that those countries that have moved forward most
rapidly have successfully adapted new technology to old processes.
But even then, they face daunting odds, as they grapple with the
need to change their population's ideas and behavior. And in the
1990s, their rates of development have noticeably declined.
"Catching Up" assesses prospects for successful application of
theories of accelerated development in the global economy.
Inozemtsev's pessimistic conclusion is that rapid industrial
progress is not achievable in the information society of the
twenty-first century. Inozemtsev reaches this conclusion after
reviewing theories of accelerated development thinking from the
diverse viewpoints of the 1940s and 1950s, to the more intensive
ideological polarization of the 1960s. Inozemtsev believes it will
be impossible for non-Western nations to "catch up" with the West
because of their inability to generate or control information and
knowledge.
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