Abstract
Development can be understood as an activity, a condition, an
event, or a process. In natural science, it unfolds according to
principles that humans do not control, but in social science,
development is entirely the product of human decisions. The
concept of Development has transformed over the last sixty
years or so. The concept of Development emerged soon after the
Second World War with the initiation of decolonisation process
throughout the globe. The Development Theory from the
perspective of International Relations, broadly has two views.
The first one deals with the Orthodox View and the second is
called the Alternative View. The Orthodox View comprises of
issues like superiority of the Western economies, economic
growth, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita income,
industrialization. The critics of this model- Andre Gunder Frank
and Raul Prebisch talked about Core (Developed Countries) and
Periphery (Developing Countries) relation. According to them,
the Periphery can only develop with the help of Core. The
Orthodox View also laid emphasis on the ‘trickle-down’ of
economic growth. On the other hand, the Alternative View deals
with the concept of Sustainable Development, Self-Reliance, and
dependence on local knowledge rather than ‘imported’
Sanchita Bhattacharya. (2009) EDUCATION AS A PARADIGM IN DEVELOPMENT THEORY: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN1, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 46, Issue 1.
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