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020 _a9781848132474
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_a338.9 H477T
100 _aHettne, Björn
_eauthor
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245 _aThinking about development /
_cBjörn Hettne
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bZed Books,
_c2009
300 _aviii, 152 pages ;
_c21 cm.
440 _aDevelopment matters.
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505 _aIntroduction: Development studies and development thinking -- Theoretical framework -- The 'original transition' -- The pursuit of freedom -- The modernization imperative -- Planning in 'dark times' -- The geopolitics of poverty -- Globalization and disorder -- In search of global development -- Conclusion: Towards global social theory?
520 _aThis text provides a concise introduction to development thinking, contemporary development theory and practice as well as a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. It presents development as an 'essentially contested concept', that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in different places.
650 _aEconomic development.
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