Developmental geography & economic theory [electronic resource] / Y.S. Chander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chander, Y. S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography.

Economic geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Other Title:

Developmental geography and economic theory

Place of Publication:

Delhi : Swastik Publications, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why do certain ideas gain currency in economics while others fall by the wayside? The author argues that the unwillingness of mainstream economists to think about what they could not formalize led them to ignore ideas that turn out, in retrospect, to have been very good ones. He examines the course of economie geography and development theory to shed light on the nature of economie inquiry. He traces how development theory lost its initial influence after it became clear that many of the theory's main insights could not be clearly modeled, and concludes with a commentary on areas where further

Contents:

COVER; Preface; Contents; Political Economy and Human Geography; Mathematical Models in Human Geography; Resource Management and Natural Hazards; The Challenge for Environmentalism; New Models of Regional Change; Uneven Development and Location Theory: Towards a Synthesis; Rural Geography and Political Economy; Marxism, Post - Marxism, and the Geography of Development; Nation, Space, Modernity; The State, Political Geography and Geography; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-81368-4

9786612813689

1-4416-5442-9

93-5043-401-6

600-00-1826-6

OCLC:

700692110