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Reconstructing Development Theory: International Inequality, Institutional Reform and Social Emancipation

Autor E.A. Brett
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iul 2009
The book provides a systematic assessment of the evolution of development theory, its relationship to orthodox social science analysis and the liberal pluralistic orthodoxy that now dominates the mainstream approach to international development, showing how we can transcend its failure to address some key problems of late and uneven development
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230229815
ISBN-10: 0230229816
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 5 b/w tables, 4 b/w line drawings
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:2009
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Red Globe Press
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Provides an overview and introduction to development theory as well as a major contribution to rethinking and restructuring the field.

Notă biografică

E A BRETT is Senior Visiting Fellow, Development Studies Institute, LSE and formerly Visiting Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, Witwatersrand University, South Africa.

Cuprins

Preface Introduction Reconstructing Development Theory for the 21st Century PART I: THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT THEORY The Crisis in Development Theory TheAnalytical Assumptionsof Development Theory Evolutionary Institutional Change and Developmental Transitions PART II: THE LIBERAL INSTITUTIONAL PLURALIST CONSENSUS Market Societies, Open Systems and Institutional Pluralism State Regulation, Democratic Politics and Accountable Governance Politics and Public Management The Nature andOrganisation of CapitalistFirms The Nature and Role ofSolidaristic Organizations PART III: BEYOND LIBERAL PLURALISM: RECONSTRUCTING DEVELOPMENT THEORY The Political Economy of Structural Change Developmental Transitions: Learning from History Explaining Blocked Development The Social Theory of Developmental Transformations Building Strong States Building Capitalist Economies Conclusion: Theory, Agency and Developmental Transitions.