Political Development Theory: The Contemporary Debate [Paperback]

This book examines development theory from a political persepctive. It considers modernisation theory and public policy, as well as Marxism, the state, and the third world.This book examines development theory from a political persepctive. It considers modernisation theory and public policy, as well as Marxism, the state, and the third world.Chapter 1 Development and the Social Sciences: A Suggested Form of Analysis; Chapter 2 From Modernisation Theory to Public Policy: Continuity and Change in the Political Science of Political Development; Chapter 3 Beyond the Sociology of Underdevelopment: Dependency, Marxism and the State; Chapter 4 The Search for Common Ground: Public Policy and the State in the Third World; Chapter 5 Conclusion;US? 1983 Richard A.Higgott