Introduction to International Development
Approaches to Actors and Issues
2nd Edition
Published on 30. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-19-544020-1 (ISBN)
Description
Developed specifically for international development students from diverse backgrounds, Introduction to International Development: Approaches, Actors, and Issues is renowned for providing a common theoretical toolkit that is accessible to students who may be encountering post-modernism and post-colonialism for the first time. To reflect the multidisciplinary nature and varying perspectives in the field, this text includes 27 articles by leading scholars and practitioners from backgrounds as varied as geography, political science, women's studies, and anthropology. Newly updated, with a new epilogue by the editors, and featuring a new chapter on urbanization, the second edition continues to encourage students to engage with real-world issues. Divided into three parts that introduce students to theory, forces in development, and current issues in development, respectively, the text's 27 chapters can stand alone, thus allowing instructors the flexibility to structure their course as they wish.
Featuring strong pedagogical features that assist students in applying newly learned theories to real situations, Introduction to International Development also includes running boxes highlighting real-world cases, which reinforce the relevance of the subject matter.
Featuring strong pedagogical features that assist students in applying newly learned theories to real situations, Introduction to International Development also includes running boxes highlighting real-world cases, which reinforce the relevance of the subject matter.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition Paul A. Haslam, Jessica Schafer, and Pierre Beaudet deserve praise for this ambitious collection of essays.[...] Their edited textbook addresses development studies newly expanded audience, seeking to provide first- and second-year students with a conceptual toolkit on current thinking and practice.[...] Both teachers and students alike will find this a user-friendly book in its layout. The strength of this textbook, however, firmly rests in its essays, which offer students a solid foundation in major aspects of the field. Review from Journal of International and Global Studies, Volume 2, No. 2, by A. Peter Castro, Maxwell School, Syracuse UniversityMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
First- and second-year undergraduate courses in international development studies.
Illustrations
90 photos; 20 figures; 20 tables; 4 maps
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
1036 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-544020-1 (9780195440201)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Paul Haslam
Introduction to International Development : Approaches, Actors, and Issues
Approaches, Actors, and Issues
Book
09/2008
Oxford University Press, Canada
€49.51
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Persons
Paul A. Haslam; prior to joining the University of Ottawa, also worked at the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL). His teaching and research interests span both international development and international political economy. His current research focuses on corporate social responsibility, state-firm relations, and the international regulation of foreign direct investment in Latin America. Jessica Schafer is a professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. She has conducted research for the United States Agency for International Development, the Overseas Development Institute, and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom. Pierre Beaudet is a professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa, with 25 years of experience in international development as a researcher and manager of various programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Content
LIST OF BOXES, FIGURES, AND TABLES ; FROM THE PUBLISHER ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; ACRONYMS ; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS ; PART I THEORIES OF AND APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ; 1. Meaning, Measurement, and Morality in International Development ; JESSICA SCHAFER, PAUL A. HASLAM, AND PIERRE BEAUDET ; 2. Imperialism and the Colonial Experience ; ERIC ALLINA-PISANO ; 3. Theories of Development ; RADHIKA DESAI ; 4. Post-development ; EUNICE N. SAHLE ; 5. Gender and Development: The Struggles of Women in the Global South ; ANDREA MARTINEZ ; 6. Globalization and Development ; PIERRE BEAUDET ; PART II INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTORS ; 7. State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development? ; ANIL HIRA ; 8. National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid ; STEPHEN BROWN ; 9. The International Financial Institutions ; MARCUS TAYLOR ; 10. The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development ; DAVID SOGGE ; 11. Multinational Corporations ; PAUL ALEXANDER HASLAM ; 12. Civil Society and Development ; HENRY VELTMEYER ; PART III ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ; 13. Poverty and Exclusion: From Basic Needs to the Millennium Development Goals ; DAVID R. MORRISON ; 14. Debt and Development ; JOSEPH HANLON ; 15. Free Trade and Fair Trade ; GAVIN FRIDELL ; 16. Democracy ; CEDRIC JOURDE ; 17. Environment and Development ; DEBORAH SICK ; 18. Rural Development ; JOSHUA RAMISCH ; 19. Urban Development: Cities and Slums in the Global South ; ANNE LATENDRESSE AND LISA BORNSTEIN ; 20. Development and Health ; TED SCHRECKER ; 21. Education and Development: The Perennial Contradictions of Policy Discourse ; RICHARD MACLURE, REFAAT SABBAH, AND DANIEL LAVAN ; 22. Conflict and Development ; ASTRI SUHRKE AND TORUNN WIMPELMANN CHAUDHARY ; 23. International Migration and Development ; KHALID KOSER ; 24. Indigenous Peoples: A Category in Development ; NATACHA GAGNE ; 25. Technology, Information, and Development ; ERWIN A. ALAMPAY ; 26. Culture and Development ; NISSIM MANNATHUKKAREN ; 27. China, Globalization, and Development ; SAMIR AMIN ; EPILOGUE ; JESSICA SCHAFER, PAUL ALEXANDER HASLAM, AND PIERRE BEAUDET ; GLOSSARY ; INDEX