Society, State and Market: A Guide to Competing Theories of DevelopmentFor scholars and practitioners of development programs, reviews a variety of conflicting conceptions and views on how development can best be brought about and why it has proved unable to improve the lives of so many people in the Third World. Traces the origins of the different approaches in the social sciences, and identifies the specific points on which they disagree. The CiP data shows State before Society in the title. Paper edition (unseen), $25.00. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Development Studies as a Subject Area | 3 |
The method of analysis 12 The structure of the book | 16 |
Conceptions and Dimensions of Development | 34 |
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Society, State and Market: A Guide to Competing Theories of Development John Martinussen No preview available - 1997 |
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