Law and Development of Middle-Income Countries: Avoiding The Middle-Income Trap
Cambridge University Press, 2/10/2014
EAN 9781107609198, ISBN10: 1107609194
Paperback, 398 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Language: English
In 1960, there were 101 middle-income countries. By 2008, only thirteen of these had become high-income countries. Why do so many middle-income countries fail to develop after a promising start, becoming mired in the so-called middle-income trap? This interdisciplinary volume addresses the special challenges that middle-income countries confront from both a theoretical and a practical perspective. It is the first volume that addresses law and development issues in middle-income countries from the perspective of political, administrative and legal institutions and policies. The goal is to provide international development agencies and domestic policy makers with feasible recommendations to address the wide range of technically, politically and socially complex issues that middle-income countries face.
1. Introduction Randall Peerenboom
Part I. The Politics of Development in MICs
2. The politics of law and development in middle-income countries Tom Ginsburg
3. When does 'politics' get in the way of development?
The developmental state, good governance, and liberal democratic change in Malaysia and Singapore Surain Subramaniam
Part II. MICs in a Globalized Economy
4. The rise of middle-income countries in the international trading system Gregory Shaffer and Charles Sutton
5. The middle intellectual property powers Peter Yu
6. Growing wealth in East Asian MICs with transnational production regimes John Gillespie
Part III. Good Governance and the Rule of Law in MICs
7. Law and development in Central and Eastern Europe
neoliberal development state and its problems Bojan Bugaric
8. Judicial intervention in civic-military relations
evidence from Colombia and Mexico Julio Rios-Figueroa and MarÃÂa Fernanda Gómez Abán
9. The prospect for anti-corruption law in middle-income countries Kevin Davis
10. The delivery of justice in middle-income countries Juan Botero
Part IV. Socio-Economic Challenges in MICs
11. The role of courts and constitutions in the new politics of welfare in Latin America Daniel Brinks and William Forbath
12. The judicialization of health care
symptoms, diagnosis, and prescriptions César RodrÃÂguez-Garavito
13. Nascent protections in emerging giants
struggles to judicialize labor rights in China and Indonesia William Hurst
14. Environmental challenges in MICs
a comparison of enforcement in Brazil and China Benjamin van Rooij and Lesley K. McAllister
Part V. International Donor Strategies for MICs
15. The UN and governance in middle-income countries
a Vietnam case study Nick Booth
16. Law and development in MICs
conclusion Randall Peerenboom and Tom Ginsburg.