TY - BOOK AU - Peet,Richard AU - Hartwick,Elaine TI - Theories of Development: Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives SN - 9781462519576 AV - HD75 .P43 PY - 2015/// CY - Theories of Development PB - Guilford Press KW - Economic development KW - Capitalism KW - Marxian economics N2 - 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 ER -