The book provides a systematic assessment of the evolution of development theory, its relationship to orthodox social science analysis and the liberal pluralistic orthodoxy that now dominates the mainstream approach to international development, showing how we can transcend its failure to address some key problems of late and uneven development
A major reassessment of the whole field of development theory by a wellknown and highly regarded scholar.
Offers a way forward and new intellectual coherence for Development Studies
Provides an overview and introduction to development theory as well as a major contribution to rethinking and restructuring the field.
E.A. Brett
development studies economy governance Institution political economy public management social science structural change transformation transition