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Theories of Development
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development
Dr Preston’s book, first published in 1982, presents a critical history of development studies since the Second World War, linking the recent, neo-Marxist, debate with the whole tradition in the field, going back to the work of economists like Arthur Lewis. He identifies a series of ‘schools’ and...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Rethinking Development
Essays on Development and Southeast Asia
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development
First published in 1987, this volume stresses the importance of development studies for sociology, as P. W. Preston argues that this field of study is emerging from the technical social scientific ghetto back into the mainstream of the ‘classical tradition’ of social theorizing, represented by Marx...
Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
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New Trends in Development Theory
Essays in Development and Social Theory
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development
The theme of this work, first published in 1985, is the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. They provide preliminary analysis of the multiplicity of social-theoretic arguments in development theory and their implications for social theory in general. The book...
Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
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Singapore in the Global System
Relationship, Structure and Change
Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
This book tracks the phases of Singapore’s economic and political development, arguing that its success was always dependent upon the territories links with the surrounding region and the wider global system, and suggests that managing these links today will be the key to the country’s future....
Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
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National Pasts in Europe and East Asia
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
With the rise of industrial capitalism in Europe and the related imposition of colonial rule in much of East Asia, both Europe and East Asia have intertwined histories that continue to shape their political thinking and political decision making. The contemporary interactions of the two regions –...
Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Contemporary China
The Dynamics of Change at the Start of the New Millennium
With a large and growing economy and a leadership dedicated both to domestic reform and the further integration into international society and the world economy, China is facing and posing important challenges at the local, national, regional and wider international level. This book analyses the...
Published November 27th 2002 by Routledge
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Writing the City
Eden, Babylon and the New Jerusalem
`The expression of human experience it embodies ... includes all personal history'. Saul Bellow's view of the city is far from that of classic geographical descriptions which look at growth or decline, demographic patterns, traffic flows and economic potential: these empirically conceived models of...
Published October 5th 1994 by Routledge