Title: Reconstructing development theory : international inequality, institutional reform and social emancipation /
Authors: Brett, E. A.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Economic development Developing countries; Economic development Government policy.; Developing countries Economic policy; Developing countries Economic conditions
Abstract: 'Reconstructing Development Theory' provides an overview of the debate on the nature and status of development studies.
Contents: Introduction : reconstructing developmenta theory for the 21st century -- pt. I. The nature of development theory -- The crisis in development theory -- The basic assumptions of development theory -- Evolutionary institutional change and development transitions -- pt. II. The institutional arrangements of liberal democratic capitalism -- Market societies, open systems and institutional pluralism -- State regulation, democratic politics and accountable governance -- Politics, bureaucracy and hierarchy in public management systems -- Hierarchy, quasi-markets and solidarity in capitalist firms -- Incentives and accountability in solidaristic organizations -- pt. III. Explaining blocked development -- Competing models and developmental transitions -- Learning from history -- Explaining blocked development -- A theory of developmental transformations -- Building strong states -- Building capitalist economies -- Conclusions : theory, agency and developmental transitions.