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The many faces of socioeconomic change

Title
The many faces of socioeconomic change / John Toye.
Author
Toye, J. F. J.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

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vi, 190 pages; 24 cm
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."--
Subject
  • Social change
  • Progress
  • Economic development
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction to ideas of development -- Evolutionary social progress, 1762-1848 -- Development within the limits of order, 1820-1870 -- Development by imitation, 1839-1947 -- Liberal development, 1925-1946 -- Colonial development by intersector labour transfer, 1950-1969 -- Development as take-off, 1950-1975 -- Development as economic growth, 1956- -- Development as doctrines doubted, 1951-1977 -- Development with a human face, 1980- -- Double-edged development, 1767- -- The last grand narrative of development, 1938- .
Call Number
JBE 18-70
ISBN
  • 9780198723349
  • 0198723342
LCCN
2017941291
OCLC
1008889982
Author
Toye, J. F. J., author.
Title
The many faces of socioeconomic change / John Toye.
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 18-70
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