Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to ideas of development -- Evolutionary social progress, 1762-1848 -- Development within the limits of order, 1820-1870 -- Development by imitation, 1839-1947 -- Liberal development, 1925-1946 -- Colonial development by intersector labour transfer, 1950-1969 -- Development as take-off, 1950-1975 -- Development as economic growth, 1956- -- Development as doctrines doubted, 1951-1977 -- Development with a human face, 1980- -- Double-edged development, 1767- -- The last grand narrative of development, 1938- .

"Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change explores how economic socio-cultural and political aspects of human progress have been studied since the time of Adam Smith. Surveying narratives of how development occurs, from early evolutionary models to recent types of development theory, it outlines the main long-term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time. With a broad scope of content and clear exposition of academic thinking, The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change guides the reader through the way in which the policy adopted as a consequence of modern theories has been less effective because of the neglect or a misunderstanding of the social context within which they operate. It tracks the progress of socioeconomic development from its roots in the Enlightenment and mid-Victorian thinking through to the narrowing scope of economically based strategies in the mid-twentieth century, and the disconnected results of research methods used today."-- Provided by publisher.