M. Shamsul Haque is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Singapore.

"A very useful volume for those interested in development studies." — CHOICE"This is an exceptionally thorough, yet highly accessible, review of the development literature. It is almost encyclopedic in scope, and it connects several debates and perspectives in a very convincing and clear way. In the middle of an intellectual impasse in development studies, this is a powerful and original piece. While consensus on any given theory of development may be hard to reach, there is need for fresh new insights to stimulate a good intellectual debate in this field. This book certainly has the capacity to do that." — Mustafa Koc, Ryerson Polytechnic University"Haque is justifiably mad at the failure of development efforts in the Third World, and he successfully links these failures to the development problems of growing disparity in the United States and Europe. The data support his claim that development efforts contributed to the problems rather than helped solve them. In being critical of development failures, he covers a wider array of data than some critiques, and the inclusion of cultural data makes a good contribution." — Ted K. Bradshaw, University of California, Davis

• Preface Chapter 1: An Introductory Overview Chapter 2: Practical Crises of Development Development Crises in Third World CountriesCrises in Capitalist and Socialist CountriesDevelopment Crises at the Global Level Chapter 3: A Taxonomic Prelude to Development Theories Taxonomic Principles for Development TheoriesMajor Limitations of the Existing ClassificationsRestructured Taxonomy of Development Theories Chapter 4: Conservative Tradition of Development Theories Theories of Economic GrowthTheories of Modernization Chapter 5: Reformist Tradition of Development Theories Conservative Reformist TheoriesRadical Reformist TheoriesCritical Reformist Theories Chapter 6: Radical Tradition of Development Theories Classical Marxist TheoriesRadical Dependency TheoriesNeo-Marxist Theories Chapter 7: A Critique of Development Theories Theoretical Shortcomings in the Development FieldAdverse Implications of Current Development ThinkingNewly Emerging Challenges to the Development Field Chapter 8: Restructuring Concepts and Theories of Development Redefining Development as a ConceptRestructuring Development Theories Chapter 9: Reforming Development Policies Reforming Policies to Achieve Natural-Physiological AutonomyReforming Policies to Realize Politico-Economic AutonomyReforming Policies to Enhance Cultural-Intellectual AutonomySummary and Conclusion Notes References Name Index Subject Index