{"product_id":"the-economic-sociology-of-development-hardback-9781509505258","title":"The Economic Sociology of Development (Hardback) 9781509505258","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Economic Sociology of Development\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\"\u003eAndrew Schrank (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509505258, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.454 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\u003cp\u003e“Conventional economic and sociological explanations portray development as a struggle pitting people and countries against one another. Schrank pushes them aside to craft a fresh analysis of the structure and dynamics of the international economy and national development strategies. This accessible, erudite book stresses that development is both a sociocultural process and an economic and political one, showing students and scholars how future prospects for development can be viewed differently. An exciting contribution.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWoody Powell, \u003ci\u003eStanford University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Andrew Schrank surveys a kaleidoscope of influential concepts and theories while persuasively arguing for a distinctive economic sociology of development. This thorough, accessible book will be a valuable addition to both graduate and undergraduate courses, generating many stimulating class discussions.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Babb, \u003ci\u003eBoston College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003eBringing the study of international inequality back into the core of sociological theory, this book offers a user-friendly introduction to development and underdevelopment. In doing so, it places various approaches to the definition, measurement, and understanding of “development” against the backdrop of broader sociological debates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchrank draws concrete examples from different regions and epochs to explore sociological thinking about development and underdevelopment informed by the latest currents in economic sociology. Across a series of chapters, he identifies relationships between mainstream and Marxist approaches to the study of international inequality; uses classical and contemporary social theory to develop a parsimonious typology of national development outcomes; addresses cross-border learning and diffusion in light of the latest developments in organization theory; considers the roles of religious, racial, and gender identities in the development process in different places and times; and portrays contemporary global challenges ‒ such as populism, pandemics, and climate change ‒ as distinctly sociological problems in need of multifaceted solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e Enriched with expository figures, tables, and diagrams, this accessible book simultaneously distills and develops the sociological approach to the study of development and underdevelopment for both undergraduate and graduate students across the social sciences.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cp\u003ePreface: The Scope of this Book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe classical sociology of development\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond single-bullet theories of development and underdevelopment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterdisciplinary development studies in the mid-twentieth century\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe birth of the Washington Consensus and the rise of “DIY sociology”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 What Do We Mean by “Development?”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe traditional approach to development: the production of commodities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond the traditional approach: development as freedom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReactivity in Rwanda: the social construction of development indicators\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre GDP per capita and the HDI redundant?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom cross-national inequality to interpersonal inequality in global context\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is middle about the “global” middle class?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of international inequality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA classification of development concepts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Is International Inequality Gradational or Relational?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernization theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe neo-Marxist alternative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward a resolution?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Explaining National Mobility in the Cold War Era\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom agrarian to industrial society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrialization via central planning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrialization through infant industry protection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe East Asian debate in the late twentieth century\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the World Bank to Weber and beyond\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe developmental state in Northeast Asia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulist societies in the developing world\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe high human developers: exceptions that prove the rule?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA typology of late developing societies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Diffusion and Demise of Free-Market Reform in the Post-Cold War Era\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Washington Consensus revisited\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic rationality and beyond\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrivers of isomorphism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe limits to neoliberalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe origin of institutions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward a contrarian alternative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 What If Sociologists Were in Charge?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom grand theory to the middle range\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond the middle range\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving toward the future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; 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