The Rise and Fall of Development Theory

Colin Leys

ISBN 10: 0852553595 / ISBN 13: 9780852553596

Published by James Currey Ltd, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rise and Fall of Development Theory
• Publisher: James Currey Ltd
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852553595
• ISBN 13: 9780852553596
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This work comments on three decades of development theory, discusses the determinants of the course of its evolution and decline, and exemplifies it from the viewpoint of a leading participant in the debate. The author suggests that the African experience has some lessons to teach about the real meaning of uncontrolled capitalist development on a global scale.

Review

...Colin Leys has provided an eminently readable, well argued and concise survey of western development theory, which provides much of interest for the initiated and novice alike ... an excellent student text... - David Simon in THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION... a welcome and concise summing up...both a retrospective view of development theory and a prospective view of African development - Lloyd M. Sachikonye in THE ZIMBABWEAN REVIEW
... there is a great deal to be learned from this book by readers of any theoretical persuasion. Any intelligent and open-minded reader is likely to find his critique of rational choice theory, for instance, devastatingly incisive even if remaining scepti