TY  - BOOK
AU  - Preston,P.W.
TI  - New trends in development theory: essays in development and social theory 
T2  - Routledge library editions. Development
SN  - 9780203835357 (e-book : PDF)
PY  - 2011///, c1985
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - 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; Also available in print edition
UR  - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203835357
ER  -