New trends in development theory : essays in development and social theory / / P. W. Preston
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| ©1985 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.9/001 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic development |
| Sociology - Methodology | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <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> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | New trends in development theory |
| ISBN: | 1-136-85587-4 |
| 0-203-83535-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788587003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge library editions. . -Development ; ; Volume 108.