Reconstructing development theory/ E. A. Brett

Preface.- Introduction Reconstructing Development Theory for the 21st Century.- PART I: THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT THEORY.- The Crisis in Development Theory.- The Analytical Assumptions of Development Theory.- Evolutionary Institutional Change and Developmental Transitions.- PART II: THE LIBERAL INSTITUTIONAL PLURALIST CONSENSUS.- Market Societies, Open Systems and Institutional Pluralism.- State Regulation, Democratic Politics and Accountable Governance.- Politics and Public Management.- The Nature and Organisation of Capitalist Firms.- The Nature and Role of Solidaristic Organizations.- PART III: BEYOND LIBERAL PLURALISM: RECONSTRUCTING DEVELOPMENT THEORY.- The Political Economy of Structural Change.- Developmental Transitions: Learning from History.- Explaining Blocked Development.- The Social Theory of Developmental Transformations.- Building Strong States.- Building Capitalist Economies.- Conclusion: Theory, Agency and Developmental Transitions.