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Reconstructing Development Theory
International Inequality, Institutional Reform and Social Emancipation
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Reconstructing Development Theory
International Inequality, Institutional Reform and Social Emancipation
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Description
The book provides a systematic assessment of the evolution of development theory, its relationship to orthodox social science analysis and the liberal pluralistic orthodoxy that now dominates the mainstream approach to international development, showing how we can transcend its failure to address some key problems of late and uneven development
Table of Contents
Introduction Reconstructing Development Theory for the 21st Century
PART I: THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT THEORY
The Crisis in Development Theory
TheAnalytical Assumptionsof Development Theory
Evolutionary Institutional Change and Developmental Transitions
PART II: THE LIBERAL INSTITUTIONAL PLURALIST CONSENSUS
Market Societies, Open Systems and Institutional Pluralism
State Regulation, Democratic Politics and Accountable Governance
Politics and Public Management
The Nature andOrganisation of CapitalistFirms
The Nature and Role ofSolidaristic Organizations
PART III: BEYOND LIBERAL PLURALISM: RECONSTRUCTING DEVELOPMENT THEORY
The Political Economy of Structural Change
Developmental Transitions: Learning from History
Explaining Blocked Development
The Social Theory of Developmental Transformations
Building Strong States
Building Capitalist Economies
Conclusion: Theory, Agency and Developmental Transitions.
Product details
| Published | 08 Jul 2009 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781137057686 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |






















