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UNINA9910463500503321 |
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Autore |
Preston P. W. |
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Titolo |
New trends in development theory : essays in development and social theory / / P. W. Preston |
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Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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©1985 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-85587-4 |
0-203-83535-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (379 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Library Editions: Development ; ; Volume 108 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development |
Sociology - Methodology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Some notes on the significance of the career of development studies; 2. The specificity of social-theoretic engagement: some lessons for ''neo-marxian'' studies of development; 3. Becoming industrialized, being industrial: a brief analysis of a particular planning mode of engagement; 4. The impact of the ''received model'' of natural science upon social theorizing; 5. Comparative ranking: some approaches to the task of rationally adjudicating between competing ideologies |
6. The ethico-political notion of development: a memorandum on commitments7. The common sense of development studies: elements of reconsideration; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<P>The theme of this work, first published in 1985, is the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. They provide preliminary analysis of the multiplicity of social-theoretic arguments in development theory and their implications for social theory in general. </P><P></P><P>The book will be of interest to all those interested in the contemporary 'restructuring' of social theory and to theorists of development who are rethinking their concerns in a |
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