Development
Just about everyone is 'for' development as an assumed 'good', yet few seem to have a concrete idea of what the term actually entails. Development offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of the various ways in which this important concept has been used in social and political analysis over the past 200 years.

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Development
Just about everyone is 'for' development as an assumed 'good', yet few seem to have a concrete idea of what the term actually entails. Development offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of the various ways in which this important concept has been used in social and political analysis over the past 200 years.

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Development

Development

Development

Development

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Just about everyone is 'for' development as an assumed 'good', yet few seem to have a concrete idea of what the term actually entails. Development offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of the various ways in which this important concept has been used in social and political analysis over the past 200 years.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780745630687
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 01/11/2010
Series: Key Concepts
Edition description: REV
Pages: 196
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Anthony Payne, University of Sheffield, UK.

Nicola Phillips, University of Manchester, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction 1

1 Classical Theories 10

2 Catch-up Theories 33

3 Golden Age Theories 56

4 Neoliberal and Neostatist Theories 85

5 Alternative Theories 118

6 Contemporary Theoretical Directions 145

Conclusion 174

Bibliography 184

Index 212

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