TY - BOOK AU - Preston,P.W. TI - Theories of development T2 - Routledge library editions. Development SN - 9780415853101 (pbk.) U1 - 338.900904 22 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Economic development KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Sociological aspects KW - Developing countries N1 - Includes index; Originally published: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982; Bibliography: p. 287-292; Part I: Prologue 1. The Scope and Concerns of the Study 2. The Idea of Development Part II: The 'Positivists' 3. The Crystallisation of the Positivist Orthodoxy, 1943-55 4. The Positivist High Tide: 'Modernisation Theory' Part III: The Radicals 5. The Contribution of the Neo-Institutionalists 6. Disciplinary Independence and Theoretical Progressivity Part IV: The Marxists 7. Elements of the Renewal of Interest in Marxian Scholarship: The Treatments of the Third World Part V: Concluding Remarks 8. Social Theorising and the Matter of the Third World ER -