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The Rise and Fall of Development Theory Colin Leys

The Rise and Fall of Development Theory By Colin Leys

The Rise and Fall of Development Theory by Colin Leys

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'He makes immediate sense to anybody voting marginally to the left of Genghis Khan, Mrs Thatcher or Newt Gingrich.' - John Lonsdale, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

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The Rise and Fall of Development Theory by Colin Leys

This work comments on three decades of development theory, discusses the determinants of the course of its evolution and decline, and exemplifies it from the viewpoint of a leading participant in the debate. Leys suggests that Africa has some lessons to teach about the meaning of uncontrolled capitalist development on a global scale. North America: Indiana U Press

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...Colin Leys has provided an eminently readable, well argued and concise survey of western development theory, which provides much of interest for the initiated and novice alike ... an excellent student text... - -- David Simon * THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT *
... a welcome and concise summing up...both a retrospective view of development theory and a prospective view of African development - -- Lloyd M. Sachikonye * THE ZIMBABWEAN REVIEW *
... there is a great deal to be learned from this book by readers of any theoretical persuasion. Any intelligent and open-minded reader is likely to find his critique of rational choice theory, for instance, devastatingly incisive even if remaining sceptical of his claim that Marxism is especially well suited to remedy its deficiencies. - -- Richard Jeffries * THE JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES *

Table of Contents

The rise and fall of development theory; Samuel Huntington and the end of classical modernization theory; underdevelopment and dependency; conflict and convergence in development theory; African economic development in theory and practice; the state and the crisis of simple commodity production in Africa; the Kenya debate; the Kenya debate ten years on; from Ghana to Namibia - the meaning of African independence.

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GOR001291930
9780852553503
0852553501
The Rise and Fall of Development Theory by Colin Leys
Colin Leys
Used - Very Good
Paperback
James Currey
19960101
224
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