Development of Development
BACILA, Edcelyn M.
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MADEPOL
‘Development’ is a concept which is contested both theoretically and politically, and is inherently both complex and ambiguous.
(Sumner and Tribe, 2008)
The Development of Development
The issue on how to achieve development had gained a huge arena of talk on the development field but it is not alone in the limelight, even the concept of ‘development’ had gained many significant issues and changes, as well. Defining ‘development’ from the beginning is a debate among different perspectives and theories and applying the concepts is more of a struggle, most of the times, in developing nations because of the very nature of the term. Remenyi (in Kingsbury, 2004) explained that the concept of development has undergone a significant change since the end of the Second World War. The term ‘development’ in its present sense dates from the postwar era of modern development thinking (Pieterse, 2010) . Given the diversity in the conceptualization of development, different schools of thought, in their attempt to explain, tends to overlap. This overall multiplicity of definitional debates includes a general agreement on the view that ‘development’ encompasses continuous change in a ‘variety’ of aspects of human society (Sumner and Tribe 2008). The attempt to further explain and examine the concept of development is a continuous and a controversial process.
It is but a must to continue the discussion by giving a few definitions and perspectives on the concept of development. In strictly economic terms, development has traditionally meant the capacity of a national economy, whose initial economic condition has been more or less static for a long time… (Todaro, 2003) . Among the people behind the traditional explanations on development were Kurt Martin, Ricardo and Marx. They were regarded as classical political economists who viewed development similarly as economic development. On the other hand, Hegel saw world history as a
11280190
MADEPOL
‘Development’ is a concept which is contested both theoretically and politically, and is inherently both complex and ambiguous.
(Sumner and Tribe, 2008)
The Development of Development
The issue on how to achieve development had gained a huge arena of talk on the development field but it is not alone in the limelight, even the concept of ‘development’ had gained many significant issues and changes, as well. Defining ‘development’ from the beginning is a debate among different perspectives and theories and applying the concepts is more of a struggle, most of the times, in developing nations because of the very nature of the term. Remenyi (in Kingsbury, 2004) explained that the concept of development has undergone a significant change since the end of the Second World War. The term ‘development’ in its present sense dates from the postwar era of modern development thinking (Pieterse, 2010) . Given the diversity in the conceptualization of development, different schools of thought, in their attempt to explain, tends to overlap. This overall multiplicity of definitional debates includes a general agreement on the view that ‘development’ encompasses continuous change in a ‘variety’ of aspects of human society (Sumner and Tribe 2008). The attempt to further explain and examine the concept of development is a continuous and a controversial process.
It is but a must to continue the discussion by giving a few definitions and perspectives on the concept of development. In strictly economic terms, development has traditionally meant the capacity of a national economy, whose initial economic condition has been more or less static for a long time… (Todaro, 2003) . Among the people behind the traditional explanations on development were Kurt Martin, Ricardo and Marx. They were regarded as classical political economists who viewed development similarly as economic development. On the other hand, Hegel saw world history as a
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