Thinking about development:
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Main Author: Hettne, Björn 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Zed Books 2009
Series:Development matters
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: Development studies and development thinking -- Theoretical framework -- The 'original transition' -- The pursuit of freedom -- The modernization imperative -- Planning in 'dark times' -- The geopolitics of poverty -- Globalization and disorder -- In search of global development -- Conclusion: Towards global social theory?
This text provides a concise introduction to development thinking, contemporary development theory and practice as well as a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. It presents development as an 'essentially contested concept', that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in different places
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 152 pages)
ISBN:9781848132481
1848132484

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