Rosemary E. Galli, Lars Rudeback, K.P. Moseley, Frederick Stirton Weaver, Leonard Bloom
First published in 1991. This is a collection of essays that deal with the various issues of Third World development and additionally propose unique ways of looking at them as well as more radical thinking. Based on experience and research the essays are provocative and provide an alternative approach to fundamental Third World problems that will be useful for both students and scholars.
Chapter 1 Winners and Losers in Development and Antidevelopment Theory, Rosemary E. Galli; Chapter 2 Conditions of People's Development in Postcolonial Africa, Lars Rudebeck; Chapter 3 In Defense of the Primitive, K. P. Moseley; Chapter 4 Toward an Historical Understanding of Industrial Development, Frederick Stirton Weaver; Chapter 5 Toward a Relevant Psychology, Leonard Bloom;
Rethinks the relevance of social sciences, both Marxist and liberal, to social change in the "Third World". Examines the failure of contemporary development theory to explain the histories of the peoples of Latin America, Africa and Asia.
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Rethinks the relevance of social sciences, both Marxist and liberal, to social change in the "Third World". Examines the failure of contemporary development theory to explain the histories of the peoples of Latin America, Africa and Asia.
