312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dr Preston’s book, first published in 1982, presents a critical history of development studies since the Second World War, linking the recent, neo-Marxist, debate with the whole tradition in the field, going back to the work of economists like Arthur Lewis.
He identifies a series of ‘schools’ and evaluates their contribution, supplying in each case a careful analysis, informed by the... Read more
Part I: Prologue 1. The Scope and Concerns of the Study 2. The Idea of Development Part II: The ‘Positivists’ 3. The Crystallisation of the Positivist Orthodoxy, 1943-55 4. The Positivist High Tide: ‘Modernisation Theory’ Part III: The Radicals 5. The Contribution of the Neo-Institutionalists 6. Disciplinary Independence and Theoretical Progressivity Part IV: The Marxists 7. Elements of the Renewal of Interest in Marxian Scholarship: The Treatments of the Third World Part V: Concluding Remarks 8. Social Theorising and the Matter of the Third World
Biography
Peter Preston
