Thinking about Development

by Björn Hettne

Book Overview

This book is a concise and accessible introduction to development thinking, theory and practice and a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. Hettne argues that schools of development thinking should be historically contextualized, not presented as evolving towards a universal theory. The book presents development as an essentially contested concept, that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848132468
• ISBN13: 9781848132467
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"