Development studies in Spanish: a critical and constructive response from the peripheries

What is it about?

Development studies in the Spanish language have a long tradition in the discourse and practice of development. They have provided valuable contributions on the problem and treatment of development from a critical and constructive perspective at regional and global levels. This includes approaches related to the ECLAC's school of thought, from which other social perspectives could benefit, such as structuralism, dependency, neo-structuralism, and post-developmentalism.

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Why is it important?

This chapter offers an overview of the successive phases, approaches, and thinkers in the field of development in Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain with the aim of providing a clear picture of the evolution and recent trends that have shaped developmental studies in Spanish