Title:
Theories of development : contentions, arguments, alternatives
Author:
Peet, Richard, author.
ISBN:
9781462519576
9781462519590
Personal Author:
Edition:
Third edition.
Physical Description:
xiv, 370 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction: Growth versus Development -- Part I. Conventional Theories of Development : Chapter 2. Classical and Neoclassical Economics -- Chapter 3. From Keynesian Economics to Neoliberalism -- Chapter 4. Development as Modernization -- Part II. Nonconventional, Critical Theories of Development : Chapter 5. Marxism, Socialism, and Development -- Chapter 6. Poststructuralism, Postcolonialism, and Postdevelopmentism -- Chapter 7. Feminist Theories of Development -- Part III. Critical Modernism : Chapter 8. Critical Modernism and Democratic Development.
Abstract:
This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two concepts? The authors examine orthodox theories of growth grounded in different schools of economics (classical, neoclassical, Keynesian, neoliberal) before considering critical alternatives (Marxist, socialist, poststructuralist, and feminist). The book elucidates the basic ideas that underpin contemporary controversies and debates surrounding economic growth, environmental crisis, and global inequality. It highlights points of contention among the various theories, links them to historical and current world events, and works toward envisioning a form of development that makes life better for all--back cover.
Added Author: