{"product_id":"development-hardback-9780745630670","title":"Development (Hardback) 9780745630670","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDevelopment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnthony Payne (Author), Nicola Phillips (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745630670, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 December 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Much more than a useful guide, it is an elaborate work in political economy that succeeds in the skilful task of putting studies about development on an independent baseline, situating it at the heart of the 'new political economy'.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Payne and Phillips make a robust case for (re)integrating analysis of development into the intellectual project of political economy, anchored in classical theory. In a world with increasingly evident limits, this comprehensive intervention is timely and critical, offering historical-theoretical support for a holistic approach to development.\" \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePhilip McMichael, \u003ci\u003eCornell University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"'Development' is the name we give to the third most important set of issues facing mankind, after nuclear proliferation and climate change. Anthony Payne and Nicola Phillips explain the evolution of the intellectual debate about the subject, starting with the eighteenth century classical political economists and continuing up to the present. Comprehensive and elegantly written, their study is about the best available between two covers.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRobert Wade, \u003ci\u003eLondon School of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a timely, valuable and important book which clarifies significantly the often vaguely used concept of 'development' by placing it firmly in the contemporary global context and anchoring it authoritatively in a multi-disciplinary understanding of the interactions of political and economic processes.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAdrian Leftwich, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book makes a refreshing contribution to the understanding of the development debates and, more importantly, it rehabilitates the concept by rooting it in the broader intellectual enterprise of political economy. A most welcome resource. A job well done!\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDiana Tussie , \u003ci\u003eFLACSO, Argentina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust about everyone is 'for' development as an assumed 'good', yet few seem to have a concrete idea of what the term actually entails. \u003ci\u003eDevelopment\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of the various ways in which this important concept has been used in social and political analysis over the past 200 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Classical Theories 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Catch-up Theories 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Golden Age Theories 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Neoliberal and Neostatist Theories 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Alternative Theories 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Contemporary Theoretical Directions 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 212\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406613508376,"sku":"9780745630670","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745630670.jpg?v=1784140810","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/development-hardback-9780745630670","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}