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Fifty Key Thinkers on Development
Contributor(s): Simon, David (Editor)
ISBN: 0415337909     ISBN-13: 9780415337908
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $42.85  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2005
* 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
- Social Science | Human Geography
Dewey: 338.9
LCCN: 2005012690
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.49" W x 8.52" (0.78 lbs) 301 pages