Political development theory: the contemporary debate
In: International series in social and political thought
In: International series in social and political thought
In: Routledge international series in social and political thought
Writing intellectual history, or even more modest historiographicalanalysis, is an ambitious and presumptuous activity. It is also probablythe kind of activity best pursued in the later rather than the early stagesof an academic career. Indeed, when I started on the project, it was neverintended to be a book. On commencing to teach courses in politicaldevelopment five years ago, I was struck by how difficult it was to getacross to students the vast gap between the two dominant perspectiveson political and social change in the Third World, In fact, it was quiteembarrassing to try to explain why
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