Rethinking the development experience
Subtitle: essays provoked by the work of Albert O. Hirschman
By: Lloyd Rodwin, Donald A. Schön, editors.
Contributors: Rodwin, Lloyd.; Schön, Donald A.
Publisher: Brookings Institution; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Hirschman, Albert O. -- Congresses; Economic development -- Congresses
Description: This book critically reappraises ideas about learning and economic development advanced by Albert O. Hirschman, one of the great pioneers in the field. The contributors - distinguished economists, development theorists, social scientists, and practitioners - show how Hirschman's innovative ideas bear on the theory, policy, and practice of development in the 1990s.

In a postscript, Albert O. Hirschman, who is now professor emeritus at Princeton University, reflects on the evolution of his ideas, his cognitive style, and his propensity for self-subversion. Two appendixes present a candid MIT faculty discussion of the essays and Hirschman's musings in response to particular chapters and questions raised by the participants.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-353) and index.