Pragmatism and Development: The Prospect for Pluralist Transformation in the Third World - Couverture rigide

Leaf, Murray

 
9780897895736: Pragmatism and Development: The Prospect for Pluralist Transformation in the Third World
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0897895738 ISBN 13 : 9780897895736
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1998

Synopsis

While European reconstruction after World War II followed the pluralistic Marshall Plan that grounded social order in individual interests and interdependence, the roots of dirigiste planning in South Asia, as in the rest of the Third World, lie mainly in the line of deterministic theories represented by Positivism and Marxism. Despite a national commitment to dirigiste planning, however, India retains substantial interstitial pluralism--pluralism within an overall centralized system--that varies from state to state. This variation is directly reflected in interstate variations in development success.

Pragmatic theory, such as that underlying the Marshall Plan, is committed to seeing indigenous thought in its own terms and provides a far more comprehensive analysis of Indian social realities. This study establishes the continuing viability and practicality of the pluralist alternative and identifies what must be done to convert a centralized system to a pluralistic one.

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À propos de l'auteur

MURRAY J. LEAF is Professor of Anthropology and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. /e

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0897895738
ISBN 13 
9780897895736
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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