SURVEYS OF DEVELOPMENT THEORY

***********GOOD SURVEYS OF DEVELOPMENT THEORY**************

1. Alvin Y. So (1990). Social Change and Development: Modernization, Dependency, and World-System Theories. Sage Publications.

2. David Harrison (1988/19990). The Sociology of Modernization and Development. Routledge.

3. Andrew Webster (1990). Introduction to the Sociology of Development (2nd Edition). Macmillan.

4. Vicky Randall and Robin Theobald (1998). Political Change and Underdevelopment: A Critical Introduction to World Politics (2nd Edition). Duke University Press.

5. Katie Willis (2005). Theories and Practices of Development. Routledge.

6. Diana Hunt (1989). Economic Theories of Development: An Analysis of Competing Paradigms. Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatscheaf.

7. Philip D. McMichael (2007). Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective (4th Edition). Pine Forge Press.

8. Ha-Joon Chang (2003). Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective. Anthem Press.

9. Richard Peet (1999). Theories of Development. Guilford Press.

10. Gilbert Rist (2002). The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith (Revised Edition). Zed Books.

11. Also check out this article:

Schuurman, Frans J. 2000. “Paradigms Lost, Paradigms Regained? Development Studies in the Twenty-First Century.”

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