Paradigms in Economic Development : Classic Perspectives, Critiques and Reflections

Name: Paradigms in Economic Development:Classic Perspectives, Critiques and Reflections
ISBN: 9781315287133

doi:10.4324/9781315287133

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ABSTRACT

This volumes presents classic readings on the theory of economic development, from the origins of "development studies" as an academic discipline through its critiques and responses to the present day.

Paradigms in Economic Development

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |12 pages

Introduction: The Oeuvre of Development Studies–An Overview

part |2 pages

Part I: Early Mainstream Perspectives

chapter 1|30 pages

An Interpretation of Economic Backwardness

chapter 2|12 pages

Some International Aspects of the Problem of Economic Development

chapter 3|40 pages

Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour

chapter 4|8 pages

The Five Stages-of-Growth–A Summary

chapter 5|16 pages

Reflections on the Concept of "Prerequisites" of Modern Industrialization

part |2 pages

Part II: Early Critical Challenges

chapter 6|24 pages

On the Roots of Backwardness

chapter 7|12 pages

The Development of Underdevelopment

chapter 8|4 pages

The Origin and Development of Underdevelopment

chapter 9|12 pages

The Latin American Periphery in the Global System of Capitalism

chapter 10|12 pages

For a Theory of Colonial Modes of Production

part |2 pages

Part III: Afterthoughts on Development

chapter 11|20 pages

The Rise and Decline of Development Economics

chapter 12|22 pages

Development: Which Way Now?

chapter 13|10 pages

The Misconceptions of "Development Economics"

chapter 14|12 pages

Development, Ecology and Women