Theories of Development :  Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives / 
Richard Peet ; Elaine Hartwick 
 - Theories of Development :  Guilford Press,  2015 
 - 370 p. ;  229 x 152 mm 
<br/><br/> This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two concepts? The authors examine orthodox theories of growth grounded in different schools of economics (classical, neoclassical, Keynesian, neoliberal) before considering critical alternatives (Marxist, socialist, poststructuralist, and feminist). The book elucidates the basic ideas that underpin contemporary controversies and debates surrounding economic growth, environmental crisis, and. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781462519576 1462519571 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic development.<br/>Capitalism.<br/>Marxian economics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD75  / .P43