Social change and development

modernization, dependency, and world-systems theories

by Alvin Y. So

1990 283 pages eng

During the past four decades, the field of development has been dominated by three schools of research. The 1950s saw the modernization school, the 1960s experienced the dependency school, the 1970s developed the new world-system school, and the 1980s is a convergence of all three schools. Alvin Y. …