The Development Reader

by Chari S. Sharad

Book Overview

The Development Reader brings together fifty-four key readings on development history, theory and policy: Adam Smith and Karl Marx meet, among others, Robert Wade, Amartya Sen and Jeffrey Sachs. It shows how debates around development have been structured by different readings of the roles played by markets, empire, nature and difference in the organization of world affairs. For example, present-day concerns about economic liberalization echo long-standing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415415055
• ISBN13: 9780415415057
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.4"