Publication: Instituciones y subdesarrollo: a vueltas con la divergencia
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Este artículo ofrece una exposición panorámica y actualizada de las principales aportaciones de la literatura neoinstitucionalista del crecimiento a la explicación del “milagro europeo” y a la “divergencia” de Europa Occidental con respecto a otras regiones. También recoge las argumentaciones de la nueva historiografía, que cuestionan el supuesto del desempeño excepcional de las economías europeas en los siglos previos a la Revolución Industrial, e insisten en el carácter abrupto y tardío de la divergencia. Para enriquecer el debate sobre el desigual crecimiento económico a lo largo del tiempo y la divergencia, el artículo añade lo más representativo del Análisis Institucional Histórico y Comparativo sobre la “larga” divergencia entre Europa Occidental y Oriente Medio. El artículo concluye con una breve reflexión sobre la virtualidad de este debate para explicar las causas del desarrollo y el subdesarrollo.
This article provides an updated overview of Neo-institutionalist contributions on the European economic miracle and the great divergence between Western Europe and others regions of the world. Furthermore, new historiographic arguments, challenging the assumption of the outstanding performance of European economies in the Pre-industrial Revolution and insisting on the abrupt and belated character of its divergence, are collected. In order to enrich the debate on the European divergence, the article gathers the most representative of the Historical and Comparative Institutional Analysis accounts on the uneven economic development in Western Europe and the Middle East. The article concludes with a brief reflection on the virtuality of this debate to explain the causes of development and underdevelopment.
This article provides an updated overview of Neo-institutionalist contributions on the European economic miracle and the great divergence between Western Europe and others regions of the world. Furthermore, new historiographic arguments, challenging the assumption of the outstanding performance of European economies in the Pre-industrial Revolution and insisting on the abrupt and belated character of its divergence, are collected. In order to enrich the debate on the European divergence, the article gathers the most representative of the Historical and Comparative Institutional Analysis accounts on the uneven economic development in Western Europe and the Middle East. The article concludes with a brief reflection on the virtuality of this debate to explain the causes of development and underdevelopment.
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