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Can I read Thinking about Development (Development Matters) on EtoBox?
Thinking about Development (Development Matters) by Björn Hettne is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Thinking about Development (Development Matters) about?
This book is a concise and accessible introduction to development thinking, contemporary development theory and practice and - a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. Hettne argues that schools of development thinking should be historically contextualized, not presented as evolving towards a universal theory. The book will present development as an 'essentially contested concept', that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in different places. Focusing
Who reads Thinking about Development (Development Matters)?
It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Björn Hettne
- Publisher
- Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781848132481
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Business, Economics, Management
- Updated
- 2026-03-25