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Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. This book surveys narratives of how development occurs, starting with early evolutionary models and moving on to recent types of development theory, outlining the main long term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time.
List of contents
- Foreword
- 1: Introduction to Ideas of Development
- 2: Evolutionary Social Progress 1762-1848
- 3: Development within the Limits of Order 1820-1870
- 4: Development by Imitation
- 5: Liberal Development 1925-1946
- 6: Colonial Development by Inter-Sector Labour Transfer 1950-1969
- 7: Development as Take-Off 1950-1975
- 8: Development as Economic Growth 1946-
- 9: Development as Doctrines Dounted 1951-1977
- 10: Development with a Human Face 1980-
- 11: Double-edge Development 1767-
- 12: The Last Grand Narrative of Development 1938-
About the author
Dr John Toye was Chair of the Advisory Council of the Department of International Development at Oxford University. He had an undergraduate degree from Cambridge University and postgraduate qualifications from the University of London. He directed research institutes at the University of Wales, Sussex, and Oxford working on development studies. He also had experiences of the public sector, the private sector, and international organisations including the British Treasury, a consultancy specialising in commodity prices in the private sector, and was the director of the UN Committee on Trade and Development. He authored seven books and many articles in academic journals.
Summary
Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. This book surveys narratives of how development occurs, starting with early evolutionary models and moving on to recent types of development theory, outlining the main long term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time.
