1st Edition

Development Theory Four Critical Studies

Edited By David Lehmann Copyright 1979
128 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

The studies in this book, first published in 1979, offer an all-encompassing contemporary critique of the sociology, politics and economics of development as they are ‘conventionally’ taught and disseminated. They also seek to outline the beginnings of a new approach, while not sparing from criticism the simplistic of contemporary radical theories. The reissue will prove of significant... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Meaning of Development, with a Postscript  3. A Critique of Development Economics in the US  4. Modernisation, Order and the Erosion of a Democratic Ideal  5. Sociology of Underdevelopment Versus Sociology of Development

Biography

David Lehmann