Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations - Année 1985 - Volume 40 - Numéro 3 - Pages 579-603The Different Routes of Development in Europe Since a number of years a group of economists have devoted themselves to the specific problems of those European countries for whom development is relatively recent. This article attempts to present an idea of their work. The first part of the article cutlines the particular characteristics which distinguish those countries for whom development is more recent from the countries where it is an older phenomena. The second part examines one specific example (the industrialisation of northeast and central Italy) which demonstrates how a recently developed country is able to find its own appropriate path. 25 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.