POL201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Marcel Mauss, Talcott Parsons, Structural Adjustment
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Lecture iii: chronological typology of development theories. Rose succeeded and failed at different times: although not strictly chronological, thomas hope et al. identified four main phases in the evolution of development theories, 1. Modernization theories: particularly influential in the 1940s and. Modernization though diffusion of modern values and institutions: 2. Dependency theories: important in the 1960s and 1970s: 3. Neo-liberalism and structural adjustment: emerged in the 1980s and 1990s: 4. Post-development: in the 1990s: origins of development theories, development or underdevelopment is always defined and measured in relation to the west. Weber, emile durkheim and marcel mauss, charles darwin, talcott. Parsons, etc: the birth of development theory: post wii world reality and. Imperialism , development and fair trade being a lack development: moreover, it was thought that the only way to develop was through the diffusion of western capital and technology and the adoption of. Western values: two main theoretical influences: evolutionary theory and diffusions theory.
