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Nederveen Pieterse, Jan.

Development theory : Deconstructions/reconstructions / Jan Nederveen Pieterse. - 2nd ed. - xviii, 252 pages ; 24 cm. - Theory, culture & society . - Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered) .

Previous ed.: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Trends in development theory -- 2. Dilemmas of development discourse: The crisis of developmentalism and the comparative method -- 3. development of development theory: Towards critical globalism -- 4. Delinking or globalization? -- 5. The cultural turn in development: Questions of power -- 6. My paradigm or yours? Variations on alternative development -- 7. After post-development -- 8. Equity and growth revisited: From human development to social development -- 9. Critical holism and the Tao of development -- 10. Digital capitalism and development: The unbearable lightness of ICT4D -- 11. Futures of development -- 12. Twenty-first-century globalization and development.

This is a long awaited second edition of this popular exploration of development theory, from one of the leading figures in the field, Jan Nederveeden Pieterse.

ISBN: 9788132105657

LCCN: 2009921642

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA969829 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015327133 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Development economics.
Economic development--Sociological aspects.
Development economics.
Economic development--Sociological aspects.

LC Class. No.: HD75 / .N433 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9001