The Politics of Inclusive Development

Policy, State Capacity, and Coalition Building

Judith A. Teichman

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781137550859
• eBook ISBN: 9781137550866
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Civil Rights in Law
• Index: Social Sciences

This book investigates the political conditions and policies most likely to bring about progress toward inclusive development, drawing on in-depth analyses of four cases studies with distinct development trajectories (Mexico, Indonesia, Chile and South Korea). While exclusion and differential inclusion have long been features of development in the Global South, economic globalization has introduced new forms with which Global South countries must grapple. The book highlights the main policy drawbacks of most official approaches: neglect of the need to enhance the role and capacity of states, the focus on certain types of poverty alleviation strategies, and the tendency to disregard the need for productive employment generating activities and rural development. Neglect of issues of power and politics, however, is the most glaring inadequacy. Teichman argues that making progress toward inclusive development is primarily a political struggle. It requires a committed leadership with broadly based societal support - an inclusive development coalition - which includes usually small but politically important middle classes.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Inclusive Development: Debates and Issues
• Chapter 2 Inclusive Development and the Burden of History
• Chapter 3 Addressing the Social Deficit in the Wake of Neoliberal Reforms
• Chapter 4 Mexico and Indonesia: Politics and Development Policies in Weak States
• Chapter 5 Chile: Moving toward Greater Inclusion, from Political Polarization to Consensus
• Chapter 6 South Korea: Authoritarianism, Democracy, and the Struggle to Maintain Inclusive Development
• Chapter 7 Conclusions: The Politics and Policies of Inclusive Development
• Notes
• References
• Index