Comparative National Development: Society and Economy in the New Global Order

by Alejandro Portes and A. Douglas Kincaid

What does it mean to speak of 'national development' in the 1990s? As a result of the tumultuous changes in global economic and political structures, scholars and policymakers specializing in the study of national development must reassess the interpretive models they have relied upon in the past. This book brings together essays by a distinguished group of social scientists that address the dilemmas facing development theory today. These essays,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807844500
• ISBN13: 9780807844502
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.4"