Development Projects Observed

Development Projects Observed
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Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9780815726432
ISBN-13 : 0815726430
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Book Synopsis Development Projects Observed by : Albert O. Hirschman

Download or read book Development Projects Observed written by Albert O. Hirschman and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1967, the modest and plainly descriptive title of Development Projects Observed is deceptive. Today, it is recognized as the ultimate volume of Hirschman's groundbreaking trilogy on development, and as the bridge to the broader social science themes of his subsequent writings. Though among his lesser-known works, this unassuming tome is one of his most influential. It is in this book that Hirschman first shared his now famous "Principle of the Hiding Hand." In an April 2013 New Yorker issue, Malcolm Gladwell wrote an appreciation of the principle, described by Cass Sunstein in the book's new foreword as "a bit of a trick up history's sleeve." It can be summed up as a phenomenon in which people's inability to foresee obstacles leads to actions that succeed because people have far more problem-solving ability that they anticipate or appreciate. And it is in Development Projects Observed that Hirschman laid the foundation for the core of his most important work, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, and later led to the concept of an "exit strategy."


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