Levels Of Socio Economic Development Theory

Download or read book Levels of Socio-economic Development Theory written by David Jaffee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and social scientists interested in a wide-ranging but concise review of contemporary theories of social and economic development will find this second edition invaluable. The coverage spans the disciplines of sociology, psychology, economics, political science, political economy, geography, and management. The theories are organized by level of analysis—individual, organizational, societal, and international—to provide the reader with a larger organizational scheme in which to understand the theoretical explanations and arguments and to emphasize the importance of developing linkages among the different levels. Some of the new topics discussed include: globalization, transnational organizational structures, debt, the transition from socialism to capitalism and human development.