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New trends in development theory : essays in development and social theory /

The theme of this work, first published in 1985, is the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. They provide preliminary analysis of the multiplicity of social-theoretic arguments in development theory and their implications for social theory in general. The book will b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Preston, P. W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxfordshire, England ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Development ; Volume 108.
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Some notes on the significance of the career of development studies; 2. The specificity of social-theoretic engagement: some lessons for ''neo-marxian'' studies of development; 3. Becoming industrialized, being industrial: a brief analysis of a particular planning mode of engagement; 4. The impact of the ''received model'' of natural science upon social theorizing; 5. Comparative ranking: some approaches to the task of rationally adjudicating between competing ideologies.
  • 6. The ethico-political notion of development: a memorandum on commitments7. The common sense of development studies: elements of reconsideration; Notes; Bibliography; Index.