Introduction: key issues and directions for the sociology of development
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
ISSN: 0144-333X
Article publication date: 1 January 2005
Abstract
The analysis in this special issue on the sociology of development continues the ongoing process of problematizing the development enterprise. While the notion of modernization seems out of fashion, and few scholars would juxtapose the so‐called “progress and superiority” of modernization with the supposed “stagnation and inferiority” of tradition, the concept of development retains considerable ideological content. Evaluating development theories solely in terms of their relevance for policy both privileges the dominant worldview of the development community and masks the ideological premises of that worldview. The conditions pitting the ideology of free‐markets against state‐led development no longer exist, to be sure. Instead, the intricate connections between the global war on terror and global economic restructuring now serve the hegemonic project of developmentalism – “making the world safe for markets”.
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Citation
Young, G. (2005), "Introduction: key issues and directions for the sociology of development", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 25 No. 1/2, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330510791261
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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