Introduction: key issues and directions for the sociology of development

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Title:	Introduction: key issues and directions for the sociology of development
Author(s):	Gay Young, (American University)
Citation:	Gay Young, (2005) "Introduction: key issues and directions for the sociology of development", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 25 Iss: 1/2, pp.1 - 9
Keywords:	Free markets, Modernization, State led development
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/01443330510791261 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	The analysis in this special issue on the sociology of development continues the ongoing process of problematizing the development enterprise. While the notion of modernization seems out of fashion, and few scholars would juxtapose the so-called “progress and superiority” of modernization with the supposed “stagnation and inferiority” of tradition, the concept of development retains considerable ideological content. Evaluating development theories solely in terms of their relevance for policy both privileges the dominant worldview of the development community and masks the ideological premises of that worldview. The conditions pitting the ideology of free-markets against state-led development no longer exist, to be sure. Instead, the intricate connections between the global war on terror and global economic restructuring now serve the hegemonic project of developmentalism – “making the world safe for markets”.