The process of economic development / James M. Cypher and James L. Dietz.

List of figures, xii -- List of tables, xiii -- List of boxes, xv -- List of focuses, xvi -- Preface to the second edition, xviii -- Preface to the first edition, xx -- Acknowledgements, xxiv -- Part 1. An overview of economic development, 1 -- 1. The development imperative, 3 -- 2. Measuring economic growth and development, 28 -- 3. Development in historical perspective, 66 -- Part 2. Theories of development and underdevelopment, 101 -- 4. Classical and neoclassical theories, 103 -- 5. Developmentalist theories of economic development, 128 -- 6. Heterodox theories of economic development, 158 -- Part 3. The structural transformation, 189 -- 7. The state as a potential agent of transformation: from neoliberalism to embedded autonomy, 191 -- 8. Endogenous growth theories and new strategies for development, 223 -- 9. The initial structural transformation: initiating the industrialization process, 248 -- 10. Strategy switching and industrial transformation, 280 -- 11. Agriculture and development, 309 -- 12. Population, education and human capital, 351 -- 13. Technology and development, 377 -- Part 4. Problems and issues, 401 -- 14. Transnational corporations and economic development, 403 -- 15. Macroeconomic equilibrium: the external balance, 440 -- 16. The debt problem and development, 471 -- 17. International institutional linkages: the IMF, the world bank, and foreign aid, 496 -- Index, 533.