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Arresting Development - The power of knowledge for social change (Hardcover)
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Scholars have become increasingly concerned about the impact of
neo-liberalism on the field of development. Governments around the
world have for some time been exposed to the forces of
globalization and macro-economic reform, reflecting the power and
influence of the world's principal international economic
institutions and a broader commitment to the principles of
neo-classical economics and free trade. Concerns have also been
raised that neo-classical theory now dominates the ways in which
scholars frame and ask their questions in the field of development.
This book is about the ways in which ideologies shape the
construction of knowledge for development. A central theme concerns
the impact of neo-liberalism on contemporary development theory and
research. The book's main objectives are twofold. One is to
understand the ways in which neo-liberalism has framed and defined
the 'meta-theoretical' aims and assumptions of what is deemed
relevant, important and appropriate to the study of development. A
second is to explore the theoretical and ideological terms on which
an alternative to neo-classical theory may be theorized, idealized
and pursued. By tracing the impact of Marxism, postmodernism and
liberalism on the study of development, Arresting Development
contends that development has become increasingly fragmented in
terms of the theories and methodologies it uses to understand and
explain complex and contextually-specific processes of economic
development and social change. Outside of neo-classical economics
(and related fields of rational choice), the notion that social
science can or should aim to develop general and predictive
theories about development has become mired in a philosophical and
political orientation that questions the ability of scholars to
make universal or comparative statements about the nature of
history, cultural diversity and progress. To advance the debate, a
case is made that development needs to re-capture what the American
sociologist Peter Evans once called the 'comparative institutional
method.' At the heart of this approach is an inductive methodology
that searches for commonalities and connections to broader
historical trends and problems while at the same time incorporating
divergent and potentially competing views about the nature of
history, culture and development. This book will be of interest to
scholars and students of Development, Social and Political Studies
and it will also be beneficial to professionals interested in the
challenge of constructing "knowledge for development."
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