The Idea of Development in Economic Thought: a Perspective from the Latin American Classrooms
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Supported on my teaching experience focused on the concept of development in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, the objective of my contribution lies in proposing a reflection about the construction of this concept with the aim of trying to understand its basic postulates and arguments that explain the consolidation of diverse paradigms. Although these interpretations, that we taught as "theories", which apparently represent a series of formalizations of universal character, we realize underlying components that suggest a westernization of the concept. These common elements have motivated us to think about the idea of development more than in "theories".
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Accepted 2019-10-04
Published 2019-12-15
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