Author : Robert A. Packenham
Release : 1992
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 111/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Dependency Movement by : Robert A. Packenham
Download or read book The Dependency Movement written by Robert A. Packenham. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive scholarly treatment of dependency theory, Robert Packenham describes its origins, substantive claims, and methods. He analyzes the movement comparatively and sociologically as a significant episode in inter-American and North-South cultural relations. In his account, the positive intellectual contributions of dependency ideas, as well as their role in the costly politicization of U.S. scholarship, become evident and comprehensible.