In and Against Development: From New to Newest Development Economics: Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 5 (Studies in Critical Social Sciences)

Fine, Benjamin

ISBN 10: 9004721541 / ISBN 13: 9789004721548

Published by Brill, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In and Against Development: From New to Newest Development Economics: Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 5 (Studies in Critical Social Sciences)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004721541
• ISBN 13: 9789004721548
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

The Economics of Everything, or Economics Imperialism, now has a dominant presence in development economics, and an agenda-setting role in development studies, with the World Bank taking a leading, if contested, role. This volume examines how this happened, charting the evolution from the old or classic development economics through the new, newer and newest development economics. Drawing critically upon the Kuhnian notions of paradigm shifts, corresponding changes are contextualised materially, intellectually and policy-wise. Covering key issues such as famine, the developmental state, and trade and industrial policy, detailed attention is paid to the potential for alternatives for economics and economic policies.

About the Author

Ben Fine, Ph.D. (1974), London School of Economics, is Emeritus Professor of Economics at SOAS University of and Visiting Professor at Wits School of Governance, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. His most recent books include Material Cultures of Financialisation, co-edited with Kate Bayliss and Mary Robertson (Routledge, 2018); Race, Class and the Post-Apartheid Democratic State, co-edited with John Reynolds and Robert van Niekerk (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2019); and A Guide to the Systems of Provision Approach: Who Gets What, How and Why, with Kate Bayliss (Palgrave, 2021). His Marx’s ‘Capital’ (Pluto, 2016) is now in its sixth edition (with co-author Alfredo Saad-Filho). He was founding Chair of the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (iippe.org) until June 2023.