TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peet,Richard
AU  - Hartwick,Elaine R.
TI  - Theories of development: contentions, arguments, alternatives 
SN  - 9781462519576
AV  - HD75 .P43 2015
U1  - 338.9 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - The Guilford Press
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Dependency
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Marxian economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: growth versus development -- Part I. Conventional theories of development -- Classical and neoclassical economics -- From keynesian economics to neoliberalism -- Development as modernization -- Part II. Nonconventional, critical theories of development -- Marxism, socialism, and development -- Poststructuralism, postcolonialism -- and postdevelopmentism -- Feminist theories of development -- Part III. Critical modernism -- Critical modernism and democratic development
N2  - "This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two concepts? The authors examine orthodox theories of growth grounded in different schools of economics (classical, neoclassical, Keynesian, neoliberal) before considering critical alternatives (Marxist, socialist, poststructuralist, and feminist). The book elucidates the basic ideas that underpin contemporary controversies and debates surrounding economic growth, environmental crisis, and global inequality. It highlights points of contention among the various theories, links them to historical and current world events, and works toward envisioning a form of development that makes life better for all"-- Back cover
ER  -