The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment

Part 1 Theory and method in economic development: development - which way now?, Amartya K. Sen the misconceptions of developmental Deepak Lal conventional foolishness and overall ignorance - current approaches to global transformation and development, Gerald Helleiner toward a non ethnocentric theory of development - alternative conceptions from the Third World, Howard H. Wiarda. Part 2 Economic development and underdevelopment in a historical perspective: capitalism, Dudley Dillard on the political economy of backwardness, Paul A. Baran the development of underdevelopment, Andre Gunder Frank perspectives on underdevelopment, Frank, the modes of production school, and Amin, David F. Ruccio, Lawrence H. Simon plant imperialism, Lucile Brockway the modernization of underdevelopment - El Salvador, 1858-1931, E. Bradford Burns. Part 3 Development, democracy and contemporary international institutions: revolution in Easten Europe, Andre Gunder Frank options for tacking the external debt problem, Robert Devlin defunding Latin America - reverse transfers by the multilateral lending agencies, Richard E. Feinberg. Part 4 Agriculture in development: in search of a development paradigm, Gene Ellis the new development economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz the peasant economy, Alexander Schejtman the political economy of Third World food imports, Derek Byerlee. Part 5 Industry in development: industry and underdevelopment reexamined, R. B. Sutcliffe global feminization through flexible labour, Guy Standing the political economy of privatization in developing countries, Henry Bienen, John Waterbury can the rest of Asia emulate the NICs, Clive Hamilton the state and industrial strategy, Helen Shapiro, Lance Taylor. Part 6 The human dimension of development: the human dilemma of development, Denis Goulet, Charles Wilber survival strategies and power amongst the poorest, Tony Beck into another jungle - the final journey of the Matacos, Ariel Dorfman women and rural development policies, Deniz Kandiyoti what really matters - human development, Peter Gall. Part 7 What is to be done?: development.. .or liberation, Denis Goulet pedagogy of the oppressed, Paulo Freire human development, Keith Griffin, John Knight the arms race and development, Inga Thorsson conserving nature, decreasing debt, John Cartwright beyond capitalism and socialism in Africa, Richard L. Sklar.