03106nam 2200613 450 991078858700332120230803200349.01-136-85587-40-203-83535-2(CKB)3190000000082515(EBL)614824(SSID)ssj0000801992(PQKBManifestationID)11508661(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000801992(PQKBWorkID)10796219(PQKB)10215944(MiAaPQ)EBC614824(Au-PeEL)EBL614824(CaPaEBR)ebr10944797(CaONFJC)MIL647556(OCoLC)892238657(EXLCZ)99319000000008251520141008h20141985 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNew trends in development theory essays in development and social theory /P. W. PrestonOxfordshire, England ;New York :Routledge,2014.©19851 online resource (379 p.)Routledge Library Editions: Development ;Volume 108Description based upon print version of record.0-415-84974-8 0-415-60216-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ideologies6. The ethico-political notion of development: a memorandum on commitments7. The common sense of development studies: elements of reconsideration; Notes; Bibliography; Index<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 period of pessimism and doubt.</P>Routledge library editions.Development ;Volume 108.Economic developmentSociologyMethodologyEconomic development.SociologyMethodology.338.9/001Preston P. W.894035MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788587003321New trends in development theory3678398UNINA