Westernizing the Third World : The Eurocentricity of Economic Development Theories

Westernizing the Third World : The Eurocentricity of Economic Development Theories

2nd Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

The second edition of this successful and popular text has been updated and revised to include recent issues in development economics.
Significant new additions include:
* Asian values and development
* democracy, human rights and good governance
* globalization and development
* boxed summaries of key arguments and glossary.
Westernizing the Third World identifies the mainstream economic theories which have been employed in developing countries. The author examines these and explains why Eurocentric concepts are not suitable for the developing world.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780415205740
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Edition
DEWEY: 330.91724
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 295g
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 18mm