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Theories of Development
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Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development
Business GeneralEconomicsGeneral Sociology
ISBN13: 9780415853101
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 28 2013
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Dr Preston's book, first published in 1982, presents a critical history of development studies since the Second World War, linking the recent, neo-Marxist, debate with the whole tradition in the field, going back to the work of economists like Arthur Lewis.
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