{"product_id":"developmental-dilemmas-by-william-d-ferguson-9781009469685","title":"Developmental Dilemmas","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do well-meaning developmental policies fail? Power intervenes. Consider the recent collapse of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and FARC guerillas. Achieving inclusive development entails resolving collective-action problems of forging cooperation among agents with disparate interests and understandings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eResolution relies on developing functional informal and formal institutions. Powerful agents shape institutional evolution—because they can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Element outlines a conceptual framework for policy-relevant inquiry. It addresses the concept of power—noting sources, instruments, manifestations, domains of operation, and strategic templates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter discussing leadership, following, and brokerage, it addresses institutional entrepreneurship. Institutional entrepreneurs develop narratives and actions to influence incentives and interpretations of social norms and identities: foundations of strategic interactions that shape institutional evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis approach facilitates inquiry into the roots and consequences of context-specific developmental dilemmas: background for developmental policy analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevelopmental Dilemmas\u003c\/em\u003e is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933954064620,"sku":"9781009469685","price":222.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781009469685-developmental-dilemmas.jpg?v=1783887607","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/developmental-dilemmas-by-william-d-ferguson-9781009469685","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}