Modernization and Private Interests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4180145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Hunter Wade (0009-0005-8584-8258, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 447-451 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975604001560 |
| OpenAlex | W1994341058 |
| Language | EN |
VISITORS TO INDIA over the past several decades have often remarked on the shoddy quality of many of its manufactured goods. How could a country with large numbers of talented engineers and business-people keep on reproducing, decade after decade, a more or less unchanged version of the British Morris motorcar from 1955? The answer beloved of liberal economists is simple: protection of the Indian car industry from international competition. The solution: remove protection
Business · Commerce · Competition (biology) · Economics · Economy · Modernization theory · Political science · Quality (philosophy) · Simple (philosophy) · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |