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Levels of socio-economic development theory / David Jaffee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaffee, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Economic development--Social aspects.
- Organizational change.
- Dependency.
- Developing countries--Economic policy.
- Developing countries.
- Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
- Summary:
- This second edition of a classic text provides an introductory and interdisciplinary review of the theories of social and economic development.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Meaning of Development and the Levels of Theory 1
- The Meaning of Socio-economic Development 3
- Levels of Analysis and Social Scientific Explanation 8
- The Plan of the Book 14
- 2. Individual-Level Theories of Socio-economic Development 17
- Individualism and Development 17
- Modern Individuals and National Development 22
- A Critical Assessment of Individual-Level Formulations 29
- The Human Capital Approach 37
- 3. Organizations and Development 43
- Agricultural Organizations 44
- Industrialization: From Rural to Urban Organizations 55
- Industrial Organizations and Western Development 60
- Modern Organizational Forms and Economic Success 64
- The Transnational Corporation 76
- 4. Societal-Level Explanations I: Structural Modernization and Economic Growth Models 83
- Structural Modernization and Socio-economic Development 83
- Economic Models of Development 99
- Alternative Measures of Development 108
- 5. Societal-Level Explanations II: Comparative Socio-economic Systems and Strategies 117
- Socio-economic Systems and Development: Capitalism 117
- Socio-economic Systems and Development: Socialism 120
- The Role of the State in Capitalist Economies 123
- Comparative Capitalisms 134
- Socialist Transition to Market-based Economies 143
- 6. The International System and the World Economy 151
- Dependency/World-Economy Theory 151
- International-Level Mechanisms: Investment Dependence and the Debt Crisis 168
- Critiques of Dependency/World-Economy Theory 176
- Globalization as a Qualitatively New Phenomenon 183
- Assessing the Globalization Thesis 193.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 027595658X
- 0275956598
- OCLC:
- 38014277
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