The many faces of socioeconomic change / John Toye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toye, J. F. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

Progress.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

ix, 190 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change explores how economic socio-cultural and political aspects of human progress have been studied since the time of Adam Smith. Surveying narratives of how development occurs, from early evolutionary models to recent types of development theory, it outlines the main long-term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time. With a broad scope of content and clear exposition of academic thinking, The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change guides the reader through the way in which the policy adopted as a consequence of modern theories has been less effective because of the neglect or a misunderstanding of the social context within which they operate. It tracks the progress of socioeconomic development from its roots in the Enlightenment and mid-Victorian thinking through to the narrowing scope of economically based strategies in the mid-twentieth century, and the disconnected results of research methods used today."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction to ideas of development 1

2 Evolutionary social progress, 1762-1848 13

3 Development within the limits of order, 1820-70 29

4 Development by imitation, 1839-1947 43

5 Liberal development, 1925-46 58

6 Colonial development by intersector labour transfer, 1950-69 72

7 Development as take-off, 1950-75 86

8 Development as economic growth, 1956- 103

9 Development doctrines doubted, 1951-77 120

10 Development with a human face, 1980- 137

11 Double-edged development, 1767- 152

12 Conclusion: The last grand narrative of development, 1938- 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198723349

0198723342

OCLC:

1008889982