Development: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences. ( 6 volumes - SET- Complete)

Stuart Corbridge ., ed,,

ISBN 10: 0415205417 / ISBN 13: 9780415205412

Edité par Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1999

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(FRM) May require additional postage because of weight depending upon shipping destination. List price, Amazon. $2.600.00. "Divided into four sets of readings: The first set of readings locates Development as a critical concept within the social sciences. The second set of readings examines the causes and consequences of Development as a Great Transformation. Key topics include the transformation of peasant economies, agribusiness, rural-urban relations, markets, industrialisation, workers, trade, aid and structural adjustment. The third set of readings considers the Politics of Development, looking in turn at states, civil societies, NGOs, corruption and resistance. The final set of readings looks at Visions of Development, including alternative visions of (post) development. It also considers four key Challenges for development theory and practice: these relate to capabilities, ethics, sustainability and regulation. " (Publisher). Volume 1: Doctrines of Development (592 pages); Volume 2: The Great Transformation Part One (629 pages). Vol 3: The Great Transformation Part 2 (385 pages). Vol 4 :States, Politics and Civil Society (555 pages) , Vol 5: Identities, Representations, Alternatives (330 pages) and Vol 6: Challenges and Development (415 pages). N° de réf. du vendeur H-N1B

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Titre : Development: Critical Concepts in the Social...

Éditeur : Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Routledge

Date d'édition : 1999

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket

Edition : 1st Edition

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In this fascinating six volume set, Stuart Corbridge brings together more than one hundred articles dealing with the discipline of development in all its diversity. Key topics include the transformation of peasant economies, argibusiness, rural-urban relations, markets, industrialization, workers, trade, aid and structural adjustment. A unique set in its comprehensiveness and diversity, it also considers four key challenges for development theory and practice relating to capabilities, ethics, sustainability and regulation.