Theories of Development (Routledge Library Editions: Development) - Softcover

Preston, Peter

 
9780415853101: Theories of Development (Routledge Library Editions: Development)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415853109 ISBN 13: 9780415853101
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Dr Preston’s book, first published in 1982, presents a critical history of development studies since the Second World War, linking the recent, neo-Marxist, debate with the whole tradition in the field, going back to the work of economists like Arthur Lewis.

He identifies a series of ‘schools’ and evaluates their contribution, supplying in each case a careful analysis, informed by the sociology of knowledge, of the work of its leading theorists. His final assessment draws on the critical theory of Habermas, arguing that social theorising is essentially practical; a matter of the construction, criticism and comparative ranking of ideologies, and that theorists should therefore consider what it makes sense for them to do or say, given their circumstances and the problems they address.

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Peter Preston

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415853109
ISBN 13 
9780415853101
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
312

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