Preface: The Scope of this Book

Notes

1 Introduction

The classical sociology of development

Beyond single-bullet theories of development and underdevelopment

Interdisciplinary development studies in the mid-twentieth century

The birth of the Washington Consensus and the rise of "DIY sociology"

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2 What Do We Mean by "Development?"

The traditional approach to development: the production of commodities

Beyond the traditional approach: development as freedom

Reactivity in Rwanda: the social construction of development indicators

Are GDP per capita and the HDI redundant?

From cross-national inequality to interpersonal inequality in global context

What is middle about the "global" middle class?

The nature of international inequality

A classification of development concepts

Conclusion

Notes

3 Is International Inequality Gradational or Relational?

Modernization theory

The neo-Marxist alternative

Toward a resolution?

Conclusion

Notes

4 Explaining National Mobility in the Cold War Era

From agrarian to industrial society

Industrialization via central planning

Industrialization through infant industry protection

The East Asian debate in the late twentieth century

From the World Bank to Weber and beyond

The developmental state in Northeast Asia

Populist societies in the developing world

The high human developers: exceptions that prove the rule?

A typology of late developing societies

Conclusion

Notes

5 The Diffusion and Demise of Free-Market Reform in the Post-Cold War Era

The Washington Consensus revisited

Economic rationality and beyond

Drivers of isomorphism

The limits to neoliberalism

The origin of institutions

Toward a contrarian alternative

Conclusion

Notes

6 What If Sociologists Were in Charge?

From grand theory to the middle range

Beyond the middle range

Moving toward the future

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References

Index