204 Pages
by
Routledge
195 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1998. Written in a highly accessible style, this book examines economic development processes across the world. The old certainties of what constitutes development and whether it is the same for all peoples, no longer exist. Goals once imposed by agencies like the World Bank are increasingly questioned, and the spatial development planning characteristics of the 1960s and 70s... Read more
Chapter 1 The nature of development; Chapter 2 Theories and models; Chapter 3 Industries and firms; Chapter 4 Social components of development; Chapter 5 The service economy; Chapter 6 Developed countries: the United Kingdom and Spain; Chapter 7 Less developed countries: Argentina, India and the former Soviet Union; Chapter 8 The newly industrialized countries: South Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia; Chapter 9 Regions in their own right; Chapter 10 Geographers and development;
Biography
Arthur Morris is Professor of Geography at the University of Glasgow.
