| Fifty Key Thinkers on Development Contributor(s): Simon, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415337895 ISBN-13: 9780415337892 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $170.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "Fifty Key Thinkers on Development" is the essential guide to the world's most influential development thinkers. It presents a unique guide to the lives and ideas of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies from both North and South. David Simon has assembled a highly authoritative team of contributors from different backgrounds and disciplines to reflect on the lives and contributions of fifty leading development thinkers from around the world. These include: - Modernizers like Hirshman, Kindleberger and Rostow - Dependencies such as Frank, Cardoso and Amin - Progressives like Prebisch, Helleiner and Streeten - Political leaders enunciating radical alternative visions of development, such as Mao, Nkrumah and Nyerere - Progenitors of religiously or spiritually inspired development, such as Gandhi and Ariyaratne - Development-environment thinkers like Blaikie, Brookfield and Shiva This invaluable reference is a conciseand accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary spectrum. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 338.9 |
| LCCN: 2005012690 |
| Series: Routledge Key Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.23 lbs) 320 pages |