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New trends in development theory [electronic resource] : essays in development and social theory / P.W. Preston.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Routledge library editions. Development ; v. 108Publication details: London : Routledge, 2011, c1985.Description: ix, 203 pISBN:
  • 9780203835357 (e-book : PDF)
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1. Some notes on the significance of the career of development studies -- 2. The specificity of social-theoretic engagement : some lessons for 'neo-marxian' studies of development -- 3. Becoming industrialized, being industrial : a brief analysis of a particular planning mode of engagement -- 4. The impact of the 'received model' of natural science upon social theorizing -- 5. Comparative ranking : some approaches to the task of rationally adjudicating between competing ideologies -- 6. The ethico-political notion of development : a memorandum on commitments -- 7. The common sense of development studies : elements of reconsideration.
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First published in 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index.

1. Some notes on the significance of the career of development studies -- 2. The specificity of social-theoretic engagement : some lessons for 'neo-marxian' studies of development -- 3. Becoming industrialized, being industrial : a brief analysis of a particular planning mode of engagement -- 4. The impact of the 'received model' of natural science upon social theorizing -- 5. Comparative ranking : some approaches to the task of rationally adjudicating between competing ideologies -- 6. The ethico-political notion of development : a memorandum on commitments -- 7. The common sense of development studies : elements of reconsideration.

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