A history of development economics thought : challenges and counter-challenges
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A history of development economics thought : challenges and counter-challenges
(Routledge studies in development economics, 109)
Routledge, 2014
- : hbk
Available at 18 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores the history of economic development thought, with an emphasis on alternative approaches in macro development economics.
Given that the pioneers of development economics in the 1940s and 1950s drew inspiration from classical political economists, this book opens with a review of key classical scholars who wrote about the progress of the wealth of nations. In reviewing the thinking of the pioneers and those that followed, both their theories of development and underdevelopment are discussed. Overall, the book charts the evolution of development economic thought from the early developmentalists and structuralists, through to the neo-Marxist approach and radical development theory, the neo-liberal counter revolution, and the debate between new developmentalists and neo-liberal scholars. It ends with an assessment of the state of the field today.
This book will be of interest to all scholars and students interested in the evolution of development economics.
Table of Contents
1. The Classical and Marxist Roots Part I: Challenging the Mainstream on Underdevelopment and Development 2. Developmentalism 3. Neo-Marxism and the Political Economy of Development 4. Structuralism and Dependency Theory Part II: Heterodox Challenges from within the Fold 5. Market Friendly Heterodox Approaches Part III: The Neo-classical Counter-challenge 6. Neo-liberalism and the Washington Consensus Part IV: Neo-liberalism Challenged 7. Developmentalist Resurgence 8. Reflections
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