المراجعة التحريرية | Sean O Riain has written a splendid book. It contains a lot of new and novel evidence about the relationship between states and economic development, and it is particularly insightful in making sense of how small states adjust to the opportunities and constraints presented by the world economy. I highly recommend it.' Neil Fligstein, University of California-Berkeley 'It would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of this book. It is in my view the most insightful account of the dynamics shaping modern Ireland since Professor Joe Lee's classic Ireland: Politics and Society 1912-1985.' Peadar Kirby, Village "O'Riain makes a very important contribution to comparative studies of development by arguing that the same model of network development can be inspired by very different political ideologies. He focuses the attention on neo-liberalism, conservatism (i.e. paternalism) and social democracy. Each of these three ideologies goes hand in hand with a different set of political bargains over socioeconomic inequality, risk, security, governance. This is in essence the powerful message that this book offers to students of economic development: politics does not stand in the way of economic development; rather, different political patterns shape the way a country achieves economic well-being and have distinct consequences for the distribution of new riches across the population." --Social Forces, Mauro F. Guillen, University of Pennsylvania |