Introduction: Bringing social theory back into issues of development

Tim Jacoby and Uma Kothari
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Tim Jacoby: Institute for Development Policy and Management, Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, M139PL, UK
Uma Kothari: Institute for Development Policy and Management, Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, M139PL, UK

Progress in Development Studies, 2014, vol. 14, issue 3, 215-220

Abstract: This article introduces the special edition that follows. It begins by outlining five important aspects of social theory—generalization, explanation, understanding change, comparison and knowledge building. It then goes on to highlight the four key common interests which the contributions to this collection share. These are a response to theoretical gaps in mainstream developing thinking, the need to theorize development processes, the value of theory for understanding specific development problems and the various ways of combining empirical research with theoretical abstraction. Finally, this introduction summarizes briefly each of the articles to come.

Keywords: Development; social theory; historiography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1464993414521337

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