Beyond the Sociology of Development: Economy and Society in Latin America and Africa (Routledge Library Editions: Development) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415601932 ISBN 13: 9780415601931

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Conceived as a response to the economic naïvety and implicit metropolitan bias of many 1950s and 60s studies of ‘the sociology of development’ , this volume, first published in 1975, provides actual field studies and theoretical reviews to indicate the directions which a conceptually more adequate study of developing societies should take.

Much of the book reflects strongly the influence of Andre Gunder Frank, but the contributors adopt a critical attitude to his ideas, applying them in empirical situations within such African and American countries as Kenya, Guyana, Tanzania and Peru. Others pursue the lines of enquiry opened up by Latin American theories of economic ‘dependency’ and by the new school of French economic anthropology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0415601932
• ISBN 13: 9780415601931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Oxaal Ivar, Barnett Tony, Booth David