Theories of Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19944751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Preston (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Theories of Development (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203835364 |
| OpenAlex | W2132285097 |
| Open Library | OL35553329M |
| ISBN | 9780203835364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Dr Preston’s book, first published in 1982, presents a critical history of development studies since the Second World War, linking the recent, neo-Marxist, debate with the whole tradition in the field, going back to the work of economists like Arthur Lewis. He identifies a series of ‘schools’ and evaluates their contribution, supplying in each case a careful analysis, informed by the sociology of knowledge, of the work of its leading theorists. His final assessment draws on the critical theory of Habermas, arguing that social theorising is essentially practical; a matter of the construction, criticism and comparative ranking of ideologies, and that theorists should therefore consider what it makes sense for them to do or say, given their circumstances and the problems they address
Discipline · Epistemology · Independence (probability theory) · Modernization theory · Orthodoxy · Political science · Positivism · Prologue · Scholarship · Scope (computer science) · Social science · Sociology · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Aspect sociologique · Business & Economics · Developing countries · Développement économique · Economic conditions · Economic development · Economics · General · Planification · Planning · Reference · Social aspects · sociological aspects
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2014 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |