The Dependency Movement: Scholarship and Politics in Development Studies

By Robert A. Packenham

Book Overview

In the first comprehensive scholarly treatment of dependency theory, Robert Packenham describes its origins, substantive claims, and methods. He analyzes the movement comparatively and sociologically as a significant episode in inter-American and North-South cultural relations. In his account, the positive intellectual contributions of dependency ideas, as well as their role in the costly politicization of U.S. scholarship, become evident and comprehensible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674198115
• ISBN13: 9780674198111
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"