Written specifically for students in development studies, this textbook aims to provide a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary picture of development research over the past generation. It critically presents the full range of theoretical approaches and current debates.

PrefacePart I: Introduction1. Development Studies as a Subject Area2. The Theoretical Heritage and Controversial issues in Development Research3. Conceptions and Dimensions of developmentPart II: Economic Development and Underdevelopment4. Major Theoretical Currents in Development Economics5. Theories of Growth and Modernisation6. Structuralist Theories and Industrial Development7. Neo-Marxist Theories of Underdevelopment and Dependency8. Modes of Production and Social Classes9. The International Division of Labour and Transnational Corporations10. Focus on Agricultural Development11. Development with Limited Natural ResourcesPart III: Third World Politics and the State12. Political Development and State Building13. The Political Heritage and Forms of Regime14. Social Forces and Forms of Regime15. Decentralisation and Local-Level PoliticsPart IV: The State and Socio-Economic Development16. The State and the Development Process17. The Political Economy of Development18. State or Market?19. Development and SecurityPart V: Civil Society and the Development Process20. Dimensions of Alternative Development21. Poverty and Social Development22. The Political Economy of Civil Society23. Ethnic Identities, Nationality and Conflict24. People-Panaged DevelopmentPart VI: Theory Construction in Development Research25. A Critical Assessment of Development Theories

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