Toward a new strategy for development : a set of papers commissioned by The Rothko Chapel and present at a colloquium held in Houston, Texas, on Febrary 3-5, 1977

Toward a New Strategy for Development: A Rothko Chapel Colloquium is a collection of papers commissioned by the Rothko Chapel and presented at a colloquium held in Houston, Texas on February 3-5, 1977. The colloquium provided a forum for discussing the need for a new strategy for development, with emphasis on needs and programs from the perspectives of the developed countries at the center of the world's economic system and of the developing countries at its periphery, and from the standpoint of different disciplines. Comprised of 10 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to Marxism and its congruence with other neoclassical doctrines such as the Chicago School, followed by a discussion on development economics as well as the conditions that gave rise to the rapidly growing interest in development. The next chapter traces the origins and history of one major body of Latin American ideas on development since the early 1950s: the United Nation's Economic Commission for Latin America. Subsequent chapters explore internal issues of development within countries, with emphasis on urban and rural bias as well as factors that influence regional development policy; the postwar economic experience of the Third World; and the reactions of developed countries to calls for a new international economic order. This monograph will be of interest to economists and sociologists. Content: Pergamon Titles of Related Interest, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Dedication, Page vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Pages xi-xii PREFACE, Pages xiii-xiv FOREWORD, Pages xv-xviii Introduction: THE CONGRUENCE OF MARXISM AND OTHER NEOCLASSICAL DOCTRINES, Pages 1-17 Chapter 1 - DEVELOPMENT IDEAS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, Pages 21-52 Chapter 2 - THE ORIGINALITY OF THE COPY: THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE IDEA OF DEVELOPMENT, Pages 53-72 Chapter 3 - THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT DEBATE, Pages 75-96 Chapter 4 - URBAN BIAS, RURAL BIAS, AND THE REGIONAL DIMENSION: TO THE HOUSE OF TWEEDLEDEE, Pages 97-121 Chapter 5 - DEVELOPMENT IN RETROSPECT, Pages 125-143 Chapter 6 - THE POSTWAR ECONOMIC EXPERIENCE OF THE THIRD WORLD, Pages 144-168 Chapter 7 - REVOLT OF THE PERIPHERY, Pages 171-197 Chapter 8 - THIRD WORLD REVOLT AND SELF-RELIANT AUTO-CENTERED STRATEGY OF DEVELOPMENT, Pages 198-239 Chapter 9 - DEVELOPED COUNTRY REACTIONS TO CALLS FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER, Pages 243-274 Chapter 10 - TOWARD A TRANSFORMATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER? INDUSTRIAL WORLD RESPONSES, Pages 275-304 NOTES, Pages 305-353 INDEX, Pages 355-362 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS, Pages 363-365 Collection of conference papers on development theory and development policy in developing countries - examines development ideas in historical perspective, the role of ECLAC in guiding development strategy, genesis of a new international economic order and third world movement towards self reliance, regional development policy, etc. References. Conference held in Houston 1977 Feb 3 to 5