Society, state and market : a guide to competing theories of development

This major new textbook has been specifically written for students in Development Studies. It provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary picture of development research over the past generation. Organised around four major themes, it is the only textbook in this field to present critically the full range of theoretical approaches and current debates. - Preface; Part 1: Introduction; 1. Development Studies as a subject area; 2. The theoretical heritage and controversial issues in development research; 3. Conceptions and dimensions of development; Part 2: Economic Development and Underdevelopment; 4. Major theoretical currents in development economics; 5. Theories of growth and modernisation; 6. Structuralist theories and industrial development; 7. Neo-Marxist theories of underdevelopment and dependency; 8. Modes of production and social classes; 9. The international division of labour and transnational corporations; 10. Focus on agricultural development; 11. Development with limited natural resources; Part 3: Third World Politics and the State; 12. Political development and state building; 13. The political heritage and forms of regime; 14. Social forces and forms of regime; 15. Decentralisation and local-level politics; Part 4: The State and Socio-Economic Development; 16. The state and the development process; 17. The political economy of development; 18. State or market?; 19. Development and security; Part V: Civil Society and the Development Process; 20. Dimensions of alternative development; 21. Poverty and social development; 22. The political economy of civil society; 23. Ethnic identities, nationality and conflict; 24. People-managed development; Part VI: Theory Construction in Development Research; 25. A critical assessment of development theories