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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, grounded in sociological research, reclaim the important role once played by sociological theory in development studies. The collection provides an overview of traditional theories of development, assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and identifies the new actors, issues, and processes that future analysis must address. The essays discuss the impact of technological innovations in production and commerce, the changing relations of states and markets, regional development inequalities, and the emergence of new social groups as participants in development processes. from the book Contents: 'Sociology and Development in the 1990s: Critical Challenges and Empirical Trends,' by A. Douglas Kincaid and Alejandro Portes 'Rethinking Development Theory: Insights from East Asia and Latin America,' by Gary Gereffi 'The New Dependency: Technological Change and Socioeconomic Restructuring in Latin America,' by Manuel Castells and Roberto Laserna 'Predatory, Developmental, and Other Apparatuses: A Comparative Political Economy Perspective on the Third World State,' by Peter B. Evans 'Regional Development Theory and the Subordination of Extractive Peripheries,' by Stephen G. Bunker 'Broadening the Scope: Gender and International Economic Development,' by M. Patricia Fernández Kelly 'Path Dependence and Privatization Strategies in East Central Europe,' by David Stark 'Urbanization, Development, and the Household,' by Bryan R. Roberts



Originally published in 1994.



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First appearing as a special issue of Sociological Forum in 1990, these articles have been substantially revised. They stress empirically grounded, innovative analysis and demonstrate sociology's crucial perspectives on the salient issues facing both analysts and actors. The eight essays focus on significant patterns of current development processes; noneconomic variables affecting economic behavior, structure and relations; and comparative experience. As such, the volume constitutes a partial research agenda for the next decade. A subtext argues that sociology does have valuable and complex analytical insights, especially for the intermediate area between the grand design of world systemic forces and localized action and case studies, an area where empirical findings can explain distinctive patterns of development. The most stimulating essays are those on the role of sociology in development (Kincaid, Florida International Univ. and Portes, Johns Hopkins); Asian and Latin American insights relevant to development theory (G. Gereffi, Duke); gender and international development (M. Kelly, Johns Hopkins); and a comparative political economy perspective on Third World states (P. Evans, Univ. of California, Berkeley). The volume would have been improved with the addition of an essay drawing together and synthesizing the themes in the other eight essays. Useful notes, references, and index. Highly recommended. All levels. R. E. Will; Carleton College

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A. Douglas Kincaid is associate professor of sociology and associate director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University. He is coeditor of Americas: An Anthology. Alejandro Portes is John Dewey Professor of Sociology and International Relations and chair of the department of sociology at the Johns Hopkins University. He is coauthor of City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami .