Rethinking Development Theory And Policy

Author : Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Development Theory and Policy written by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999-01-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critiques traditional development thinking and examines the causes for the failure of development programmes in developing countries. Argues that what is fundamental to development is the human factor perspective.

Author : Ronaldo Munck
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030738116
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Development written by Ronaldo Munck and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development and underdevelopment are the main determinants of life-chances worldwide, arguably more so than social class. Marxism, as the underlying theory for social revolution, needs to have a clear understanding of the dynamics of development and social progress. Exploring the intersection of Marxism and development, this book looks at Marx’s original conception of capitalist development and his later engagement with under-developed Russia. The author also reviews Lenin’s early critique of the Russian populists' rejection of capitalism compared with his later analysis of imperialism as a brake on development in the non-European world. The book then considers Rosa Luxemburg, who arguably provides a bridge between these theorists and those that follow with her analysis of imperialism as a necessity for capitalism to incorporate non-capitalist lands. Turning then to the non-European world, the author examines the Latin American dependency theories, the post-development school and the recent indigenous development theories advanced by Andean Marxism. Finally, Munck addresses the relationship between globalization and development. Does this relationship suggest that it has not been capitalism but a lack of capitalism that has led to under-development?

Author : Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1843311100
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Development Economics written by Ha-Joon Chang and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title represents the most forward thinking and comprehensive review of development economics currently available.

Author : Peter Preston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136855807
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Development written by Peter Preston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987, this volume stresses the importance of development studies for sociology, as P. W. Preston argues that this field of study is emerging from the technical social scientific ghetto back into the mainstream of the ‘classical tradition’ of social theorizing, represented by Marx, Weber and Durkheim. Preston discusses the position of development studies in relation to the wider group of the social sciences in general and to sociology in particular. Using examples mainly from the study of Southeast Asia, he looks at the diversity of available ‘modes of social theoretic engagement’ and considers the work of the colonial administrator scholar, the humanist academic scholar, and the scholar who theorises on behalf of the planners, discusses the mode of political writing, and Marxian analyses of development; and considers the particular problems surrounding the elites of post-colonial ‘nation states’.

Author : David Apter
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780803929715
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Development written by David Apter and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1987-10-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development theory is at a crossroads. Dominant theories such as modernization and dependency have run their course. In Rethinking Development one of the preeminent political and social theorists of our time offers his view of the direction of the discipline. Using major themes such as the relation between development and democracy, the problem of innovation and marginality, Professor Apter offers an innovative comparative study of development. Rethinking Development takes a new look at scientific, romantic and teleological formulations of development, showing how conventional concepts of development prevent us from seeing its negative consequences. It argues that development will generate democracy, but not e

Author : Jaime Ros
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199684812
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Economic Development, Growth, and Institutions written by Jaime Ros and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the contributions that early development theory can make to growth economics in answering why some countries are richer than others and why some economies grow faster than others.

Author : Busani Mpofu
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789201772
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking and Unthinking Development written by Busani Mpofu and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development has remained elusive in Africa. Through theoretical contributions and case studies focusing on Southern Africa’s former white settler states, South Africa and Zimbabwe, this volume responds to the current need to rethink (and unthink) development in the region. The authors explore how Africa can adapt Western development models suited to its political, economic, social and cultural circumstances, while rejecting development practices and discourses based on exploitative capitalist and colonial tendencies. Beyond the legacies of colonialism, the volume also explores other factors impacting development, including regional politics, corruption, poor policies on empowerment and indigenization, and socio-economic and cultural barriers.

Author : Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137393998
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Productive Development written by Inter-American Development Bank and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Productive transformation requires seizing the opportunities available and opening new ones in a competitive world. Rethinking Productive Development examines the market failures impeding transformation and the government failures that may make the policy remedies worse than the market illness. To address market failures, the authors propose a simple conceptual framework based on the scope and nature of the policy approach. They then systematically analyze country policies through this lens in key areas such as innovation, new firms, financing, human capital, and internationalization to show the power of this way of thinking. Still, the book warns that policymakers cannot be sure what the right policy interventions are and must set up a process to discover them that calls for public-private collaboration. Recognizing that the risk of capture needs to be checked and that even the best policies will fail without the technical, organizational, and political capacity to implement them, the book concludes with ideas on how to design institutions fostering the right incentives and how to grow public sector capabilities over time.

Author : Donald A. Schon
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815720591
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking the Development Experience written by Donald A. Schon and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by a group of distinguished scholars and practitioners, critically reappraises ideas about learning and development advanced by Albert O. Hirschman in the 1950s and 1960s. The essays—prepared for an MIT faculty seminar—show how these innovative ideas bear on the theory, policy, and practice of development in the 1990s. Hirschman, one of the great pioneers in the field of economic development, is now professor emeritus at Princeton. Paul Krugman, Lance Taylor, and Donald Schon address the different approaches and assumptions of economic theorists in relation to modelling, learning, and development policy. Emma Rothschild, Lisa Peattie, and Bishwapryiya Sanyal examine some of the changing attitudes toward economic progress. Elliot Marseille, Judith Tendler, Sara Friedheim, Robert Picciotto, and Charles Sabel draw lessons from efforts to innovate or modify institutions, policies, programs, and projects. Lloyd Rodwin examines the underlying themes that emerge, particularly those that touch on the ideas of development as a process of social learning and on ways of strengthening theory, policy, and practice in economics when it is seen as both discipline and profession. In a postscript, Albert O. Hirschman reflects on the evolution of his ideas, his cognitive style, and his propensity for self-subversion. Two appendixes detail the candid seminar discussions and Hirschman's musings in response to particular chapters and questions raised by the participants.

Author : David Ernest Apter
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Development written by David Ernest Apter and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1987-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the relationship between development and democracy, the problems of Innovation and marginality, and questions of violence and governability. Emphasises different political systems and the advantages and disadvantages they possess in trying to promote innovative change. Identifies structural problems which arise in the course of development, and may generate violence and protest.