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The formation of growth coalitions: the role of the rural sector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2013

RICHARD GRABOWSKI
RICHARD GRABOWSKI*
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Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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Abstract

The political elite require resources in order to survive politically. Given the conditions existing in most developing nations, this implies following an inward-oriented development strategy promoting a large-scale, capital-intensive industrial sector. This strategy impoverishes agriculture and implies that the leaders of the industrial sector will make up a critical component of the coalition providing political support to the political elite. Reform allowing for outward-oriented growth will be extremely difficult. Dramatically increasing agricultural productivity provides a means to provide political legitimacy for the ruling elite as well as the political leverage to bring about reform.

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Journal of Institutional Economics , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 2013 , pp. 329 - 350
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Copyright © Millennium Economics Ltd 2013 

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