Development Theory (Paperback)  | Released: 16 Jul 2010

This is the second edition of this successful book. Written by one of the leading authorities in the field, the book: - Situates students in the expanding field of development theory - Provides an unrivalled guide to the strengths and weaknesses of competing theoretical approaches - Explains key concepts - Examines the shifts in theory - Offers an agenda for the futureIn this book, the author brings a huge range of experience and knowledge about the relationship between the economically advanced and the emerging and developing nations.Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionTrends in Development TheoryDilemmas of Development Discourse - The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Comparative MethodThe Development of Development Theory: Towards Critical GlobalismDelinking or Globalization?The Cultural Turn in Development: Questions of PowerMy Paradigm or Yours? Variations on Alternative DevelopmentAfter Post-DevelopmentEquity and Growth Revisited: From Human Development to Social DevelopmentCritical Holism and the Tao of DevelopmentDigital Capitalism and Development: The Unbearable Lightness of ICT4DFutures of DevelopmentTwenty-First-Century Globalization and DevelopmentReferenceIndex