The Sociology Of Development: The Impasse And Beyond / Edition 1

by Ray Kiely

Overview

First published in 1995. Since its establishment as a separate discipline within the social sciences in the post-war world, development sociology has undergone a number of theoretical transformations, each of which attempted to overcome the inadequacies of the previous paradigm and a matter of academic debate, but many writers agree that the discipline has reached something of an impasse. This book is concerned with explaining the reasons for the impasse and suggesting ways of moving beyond it. Its focus is on Marxist and related theories of development and underdevelopment since these have dominated the field for the past 20 or so years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857281965
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/1995
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Work & Social Inequality
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ray Kiely University of East London

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: The impasse summarized; Part 1 The theoretical impasse; Chapter 2 Marx and development; Chapter 3 Modernization, dependency and development; Chapter 4 Structuralist Marxism and development; Part 2 The impasse and the contemporary global political economy; Chapter 5 The impasse and Third World industrialization; Chapter 6 The politics of the impasse I: states and markets in the development process; Chapter 7 The politics of the impasse II: challenging Third Worldism; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

Argues that development sociology finds itself in a dead end because it can neither move beyond old paradigms such as Marxism and dependency theory, or come to terms with changes in the global order in the 1970s and 1980s; that its narrow concern with method has left it isolated from important debates such as the counter-revolution in development economics; and that the impasse is a misguided attempt to construct an historical and technical models that make a fetish of Marx's sense of social reality. Also suggests approaches to breaking up the logjam. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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