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The Many faces of socioeconomic change / John Toye.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.Description: vi, 190p. ; 24cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198723349 (hardcover)
  • 0198723342 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4 TOY 22
LOC classification:
  • HM831 .T688 2017
Contents:
Introduction to ideas of development -- Evolutionary social progress, 1762-1848 -- Development within the limits of order, 1820-1870 -- Development by imitation, 1839-1947 -- Liberal development, 1925-1946 -- Colonial development by intersector labour transfer, 1950-1969 -- Development as take-off, 1950-1975 -- Development as economic growth, 1956- -- Development as doctrines doubted, 1951-1977 -- Development with a human face, 1980- -- Double-edged development, 1767- -- The last grand narrative of development, 1938- .
Summary: Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. This book surveys narratives of how development occurs, starting with early evolutionary models and moving on to recent types of development theory, outlining the main long term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time.
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Book Book Calcutta 303.4 TOY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available IIMC-0146289
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to ideas of development -- Evolutionary social progress, 1762-1848 -- Development within the limits of order, 1820-1870 -- Development by imitation, 1839-1947 -- Liberal development, 1925-1946 -- Colonial development by intersector labour transfer, 1950-1969 -- Development as take-off, 1950-1975 -- Development as economic growth, 1956- -- Development as doctrines doubted, 1951-1977 -- Development with a human face, 1980- -- Double-edged development, 1767- -- The last grand narrative of development, 1938- .

Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. This book surveys narratives of how development occurs, starting with early evolutionary models and moving on to recent types of development theory, outlining the main long term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time.

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