Introduction: Development studies as a subject area ; Conceptions and dimensions of development -- Economic development and underdevelopment: Major theoretical currents in development economics -- Third world politics and the state: Political development and state building ; Political heritage and forms of regime -- State and socio-economic development: State and the development process ; State or market? ; Development and security -- Civil society and the development process: Poverty and social development ; Political economy of civil society -- Theory construction in development research: Critical assessment of development theories

1. Development economics -- Developing countries
2. Developing countries -- Economic policy
3. Developing countries -- Dependency on foreign countries