Institutions and the Role of the State

New Horizons in Institutional and Evolutionary Economics series

Edited by Leonardo Burlamaqui, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Ana Célia Castro, Chief, Graduate Program in Development, Agriculture and Society, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Ha-Joon Chang, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK

The rise of the institutionalist and evolutionary approaches in economics has posed a serious intellectual challenge to the dominant neo-classical paradigm. This book draws together leading scholars in the fields of institutional and evolutionary economics who apply cutting-edge research to one of the most controversial issues of our day, namely, the role of the state.