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MATTHEW LANGE is completing his dissertation research at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. DIETRICH RUESCHEMEYER is a Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies of Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.
This book adds a whole other dimension of high quality scholarship and history to the age old debate about the state. A really refreshing book that stimulates a lot of interest. <br>--Alice Amsden, Barton L. Wellor Professor of Political Economy, MIT, Author of The Rise of the Rest <br> This thought-provoking and remarkably timely volume shows the tremendous benefits of taking the long view. Lange, Rueschemeyer and their colleagues demonstrate that it takes time -- often a lot of it -- to build the political and economic foundations for successful development. More important, they show why this is so. In the process, they open up prospects for more successful interventions -- based on clear reasoning and the lessons of experience rather than wishful thinking -- designed to spread the prospects for successful development more widely and swiftly. <br>--Paul Pierson, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley, Author of Politics in Time <br> Roll over Max Weber! This colle
