Epistemics of Development Economics: Toward a Methodological Critique and Unity - Couverture rigide

Dompere, Kofi Kissi; Ejaz, Manzur

 
9780313295133: Epistemics of Development Economics: Toward a Methodological Critique and Unity
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0313295131 ISBN 13 : 9780313295133
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1995

Synopsis

The effective use of development economic theories in practice is limited, the authors contend, by the lack of explicit criterion for judging their scientific content. The directional progress of critical research and teaching is also constrained by this deficiency. This study advances a meta-theory designed to assist in evaluating the scientific validity of theories in economic development and how these theories can be improved to assist social practice. Using this model, the study then examines existing theories, dividing them into explanatory and prescriptive theories. The explanatory theories include the stage-based theories of Marx, Schumpeter, and Rostow, and factor-based theories, including capital-based, human-capital-based, and technology-based theories. The prescriptive theories include explanatory-theory-based prescriptions, interventionist prescriptive theories, and theories of economic planning.

In conclusion, the authors contend that modern analysis of development economics is plagued with logical ills, misleading notions, and a weak theoretical structure that lacks scientific appeal. Most of the theories, except for those of Marx and Schumpeter, neglect an analysis of the mechanism of change.

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À propos de l?auteur

KOFI KISSI DOMPERE is Associate Professor of Economics at Howard University. The author of several articles and monographs, he is interested especially in economic theory and operations research, cost-benefit analysis as it relates to policy, and is a contributor to the theory of fuzzy decision mathematics and intelligent fuzzy control systems. He also researches epistemic problems of scientific methods, especially those in economics and decision theory.

MANZUR EJAZ is a health economist with the government of the District of Columbia and works with the World Bank on various development projects. Additionally, he is a newspaper columnist and a literary critique.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0313295131
ISBN 13 
9780313295133
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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