Development Theory: Deconstructions/Reconstructions

@inproceedings{Pieterse2002DevelopmentTD,
  title={Development Theory: Deconstructions/Reconstructions},
  author={Jan Nederveen Pieterse},
  year={2002}
}
Introduction Trends in Development Theory Dilemmas of Development Discourse The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Comparative Method The Development of Development Theory Towards Critical Globalism Delinking or Globalization? The Cultural Turn in Development Questions of Power My Paradigm or Yours? Variations on Alternative Development After Post-Development Equity and Growth Revisited A Supply-Side Approach to Social Development Critical Holism and the Tao of Development Futures of… 
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