Beyond the impasse : new directions in development theory

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Beyond the impasse : new directions in development theory

edited by Frans J. Schuurman

Zed Books, 1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Development theory in the past decade has met with increasingly heavy criticism. Dependency theories, as well as modes of production and world-system approaches, have come to be considered as internally inconsistent and inadequate for explaining the increasing diversity and unevenness of the Third World. This book confronts the theoretical impasse which many feel has been reached. Development scholars from various disciplines review recent changes in research priorities, procedures and orientations, and detect the emergence of new and diverse lines of theoretical development in the field. In particular, they deal with the important meta-theoretical, political, cultural and ethical questions that have come to the fore.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction: Development Theory in the 1990s - Frans Schuurman 2. Development Research: From Impasse to a New Agenda - David Booth 3. How Relevant is Development Studies - Michael Edwards 4. The Political Meanings of Development: In Search of New Horizons - David Slater 5. Political Programmes and Development: The Transformative Potential of Social Democracy - Ronaldo Munck 6. Ethics in Development Studies: The Example of Debt - Stuart Corbridge 7. Exploring Development Interfaces: From the Transfer of Knowledge to the Transformation of Meaning - Norman Long and Magdalena Villarreal 8. Gender Studies: Whose Agenda? - Janet Townsend 9. Modernity, Post-Modernity and the New Social Movements - Frans Schuurman 10. Sustainable Development and the Greening of Development Theory - Bill Adams About the Contributors Index

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  • NCID
    BA20752680
  • ISBN
    • 1856492095
    • 1856492109
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 233 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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