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This text provides a concise introduction to development thinking, contemporary development theory and practice as well as a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. It presents development as an 'essentially contested concept', that has meant a number of things at various tim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hettne, Björn, 1939-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London, England : Zed Books, 2009.
Series:Development matters.
Subjects:
Economic development.
Development studies
Development economics & emerging economies
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Development studies and development thinking
  • Theoretical framework
  • The 'original transition'
  • The pursuit of freedom
  • The modernization imperative
  • Planning in 'dark times'
  • The geopolitics of poverty
  • Globalization and disorder
  • In search of global development
  • Conclusion: Towards global social theory?