The theme of this work, first published in 1985, is the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. They provide preliminary analysis of the multiplicity of social-theoretic arguments in development theory and their implications for social theory in general.
This book, originally published in 1983, demonstrates the importance of seaports in the growth of less-developed countries. The author focuses on the ..
This book challenges and critques human development as practiced since the end of World War II. Nepal can be viewed as a kind of laboratory for studyi..
First published in 1983, François Perroux’s A New Concept of Development analyses the major paradox of our era: the desire for progress and the mistru..
This book is a unique attempt to provide a more holistic and interdisciplinary picture of the resource curse and its multi-scale effects. It was origi..