Introduction to International Development : Approaches, Actors, and Issues
Approaches, Actors, and Issues
Published on 1. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-19-542804-9 (ISBN)
Description
International Development programs at the undergraduate level have burgeoned throughout the world in recent years. Formerly found on the margins of mainstream academic units, and largely confined to graduate studies, these programs pioneered both multidisciplinarity and praxis (the combination of academic analysis and real-world engagement with development issues) in the university and college setting. The appeal and common sense behind this approach, as well as the way developmental studies has connected with students' values, has brought development into the mainstream academy as an identifiable discipline. The Introduction to International Development textbook sets out to respond to the particular needs of undergraduate international development programs - namely their inherent multidisciplinarity and their normative concern with praxis. Previous texts have typically been anchored within specific disciplinary traditions and have generally overlooked contributions from other disciplines to crucial debates in international development.
Given that most international development programs of study are multidisciplinary in nature, there is a clear need for a text that is explicitly multidisciplinary in its approach to the key issues.
Given that most international development programs of study are multidisciplinary in nature, there is a clear need for a text that is explicitly multidisciplinary in its approach to the key issues.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous halftones, tables and figures
ISBN-13
978-0-19-542804-9 (9780195428049)
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Paul Haslam | Jessica Schafer | Pierre Beaudet
Introduction to International Development
Approaches to Actors and Issues
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01/2012
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Oxford University Press, Canada
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Content
PREFACE; PART I: THEORIES AND APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; 1. Meaning, Measurement and Morality in International Development - Jessica Schafer, Paul A. Haslam, Pierre Beaudet (University of Ottawa); 2. Imperialism and the Colonial Experience - Eric Allina-Pisano (University of Ottawa); 3. Theories of Development - Radhika Desai (University of Manitoba); 4. Post-Development - Eunice Sahle (University of North Carolina); 5. Gender and Development - Andrea Martinez (University of Ottawa); 6. Globalization and Development - Pierre Beaudet (University of Ottawa); PART II: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTORS; 7. State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development? - Anil Hira (Simon Fraser University); 8. National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid - Stephen Brown (University of Ottawa); 9. The International Financial Institutions - Marcus Taylor (Queen's University); 10. The United Nations Multilateral Actors in Development - David Sogge (Transnational Institute); 11. Multinational Corporations - Paul A. Haslam (University of Ottawa); 12. Civil Society and Development - Henry Veltmeyer (St Mary's University); PART III: ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; 13. Poverty and Exclusion: From Basic Needs to the Millenium Development Goals - David R. Morrison (Trent University); 14. Debt and Development - Joseph Hanlon (The Open University); 15. Free Trade and Fair Trade - Gavin Fridell (Trent University); 16. Democracy - Cedric Jourde (University of Ottawa); 17. Environment and Development - Deborah Sick (University of Ottawa); 18. Rural Development - Joshua Ramisch (University of Ottawa); 19. Development and Health - Ted Schrecker (University of Ottawa); 20. Education and Development - Richard Maclure (University of Ottawa Refaat Sabbah (Teacher's Creativity Centre); 21. Conflict and Development - Astri Suhrke and Torunn Wimplemann Chaudhary (Chr. Michelsen Institute); 22. International Migration and Development - Khalid Koser (Brookings Institute); 23. Indigenous Peoples: A Category in Development - Natacha Gagne (University of Ottawa); 24. Technology, Information and Development - Erwin A. Alampay (University of the Philippines); 25. Culture and Development - Nissim Mannathukkaren (Dalhousie University); EPILOGUE: CHINA, GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT - SAMIR AMIN; LIST OF ACRONYMS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX