Levels of Socio-Economic Development Theory

Name: Levels of Socio-Economic Development Theory
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ISBN: 9780275932862

ISBN-10: 0275932869

ISBN-13: 9780275932862

Edition: 1990

Authors: David Jaffee

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Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and social scientists interested in a wide-ranging but concise review of contemporary theories of social and economic development will find this second edition invaluable. The coverage spans the disciplines of sociology, psychology, economics, political science, political economy, geography, and management. The theories are organized by "level of analysis"--individual, organizational, societal, and international--to provide the reader with a larger organizational scheme in which to understand the theoretical explanations and arguments and to emphasize the importance of developing linkages among the different levels. Some of the new topics…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Language: English

Preface to the First Edition	p. ix
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xi
Introduction: The Meaning of Development and the Levels of Theory	p. 1
The Meaning of Socio-economic Development	p. 3
Levels of Analysis and Social Scientific Explanation	p. 8
The Plan of the Book	p. 14
Individual-Level Theories of Socio-economic Development	p. 17
Individualism and Development	p. 17
Modern Individuals and National Development	p. 22
A Critical Assessment of Individual-Level Formulations	p. 29
The Human Capital Approach	p. 37
Organizations and Development	p. 43
Agricultural Organizations	p. 44
Industrialization: From Rural to Urban Organizations	p. 55
Industrial Organizations and Western Development	p. 60
Modern Organizational Forms and Economic Success	p. 64
The Transnational Corporation	p. 76
Societal-Level Explanations I: Structural Modernization and Economic Growth Models	p. 83
Structural Modernization and Socio-economic Development	p. 83
Economic Models of Development	p. 99
Alternative Measures of Development	p. 108
Societal-Level Explanations II: Comparative Socio-economic Systems and Strategies	p. 117
Socio-economic Systems and Development: Capitalism	p. 117
Socio-economic Systems and Development: Socialism	p. 120
The Role of the State in Capitalist Economies	p. 123
Comparative Capitalisms	p. 134
Socialist Transition to Market-based Economies	p. 143
The International System and the World Economy	p. 151
Dependency/World-Economy Theory	p. 151
International-Level Mechanisms: Investment Dependence and the Debt Crisis	p. 168
Critiques of Dependency/World-Economy Theory	p. 176
Globalization as a Qualitatively New Phenomenon	p. 183
Assessing the Globalization Thesis	p. 193
Conclusion	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 205
Index	p. 221
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