Political Development Theory - The Contemporary Debate

This book examines development theory from a political persepctive. It considers modernisation theory and public policy, as well as Marxism, the state, and the third world.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Development and the Social Sciences: A Suggested Form of Analysis; Chapter 2 From Modernisation Theory to Public Policy: Continuity and Change in the Political Science of Political Development; Chapter 3 Beyond the Sociology of Underdevelopment: Dependency, Marxism and the State; Chapter 4 The Search for Common Ground: Public Policy and the State in the Third World; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

About the author

Richard A. Higgott

Product details

• Authors: Richard Higgott, Richard (Vrije Universiteit Brussel Higgott, Higgott Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2015
• EAN: 9781138833999
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83399-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government