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| Imitation: Imitation is the act of copying the behavior or appearance of another person or thing. It is a natural and important part of human development. See also Stages of Development._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Albert O. Hirschman on Imitation - Dictionary of Arguments
Krastev I 25 Pseudo-Imitation/Latin America/Hirschman/Krastev: Latin American reformers (...), according to the American social scientist Albert O. Hirschman deployed a sales pitch he labelled ‘pseudo-imitation’.(1) Studying the promotion of economic development in Latin America, Hirschman noted that reformers often deliberately understated the obstacles confronting their reform proposals, pretending that reform involved nothing more complex than copying fully worked-out foreign models, Krastev I 26 models, as if indigenous conditions and capacities were of trivial importance. They did so in order to ‘sell’ reform efforts to a sceptical public unwilling to approve projects that seemed unfeasible or forbiddingly complex, but that the reformers themselves deemed eminently doable. >Development economics, >Developing countries. 1. Albert O. Hirschman, Development Projects Observed (The Brookings Institution, 1967), pp. 21–2._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
PolHirschm I Albert O. Hirschman The Strategy of Economic Development New Haven 1958 Krastev I Ivan Krastev Stephen Holmes The Light that Failed: A Reckoning London 2019 |
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