The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2017
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-1-4724-8348-5 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years, much mainstream development discourse has sought to co-opt and neutralize key concepts relating to empowerment, participation, gender, sustainability and inclusivity in order to serve a market-driven, neoliberal agenda. Critical development studies now play a crucial role in combatting this by analyzing the systemic changes needed to transform the current world to one where economic and social justice and environmental integrity prevail.
The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies takes as its starting point the multiple crises - economic, political, social and environmental - of the dominant current global capitalist system. The chapters collectively document and analyze these crises and the need to find alternatives to the system(s) that generate them. To do so, analyses of class, gender and empire are placed at the centre of discussion, in contrast to markets, liberalization and convergence, which characterize mainstream development discourse. Each contributor supplements their overview with a guide to the critical development studies literature on the topic, thereby providing scholars and students not only with a precis of the key issues, but also a signpost to further readings.
This is an important resource for academics, researchers, policymakers and professionals in the areas of development studies, political science, sociology, economics, gender studies, history, anthropology, agrarian studies, international relations and international political economy.
The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies takes as its starting point the multiple crises - economic, political, social and environmental - of the dominant current global capitalist system. The chapters collectively document and analyze these crises and the need to find alternatives to the system(s) that generate them. To do so, analyses of class, gender and empire are placed at the centre of discussion, in contrast to markets, liberalization and convergence, which characterize mainstream development discourse. Each contributor supplements their overview with a guide to the critical development studies literature on the topic, thereby providing scholars and students not only with a precis of the key issues, but also a signpost to further readings.
This is an important resource for academics, researchers, policymakers and professionals in the areas of development studies, political science, sociology, economics, gender studies, history, anthropology, agrarian studies, international relations and international political economy.
Reviews / Votes
"This Guide invaluably fills a vacuum in the literature. Across its nearly forty chapters, it provides the highest level of scholarship and knowledge around the history, content and scope of critical development studies, covering both material and intellectual developments in a reader-friendly fashion for researchers, students and policymakers alike." - Ben Fine, Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK"We have not reached the end of history but the story of Progress, its errors and criticisms is the most important one in social science. Here 37 experts have both charted and navigated an extensive archipelago of ideas to produce this guidebook. Not only will teachers and students find it indispensable but so also will everyone currently critical of means to the ends of the world's Sustainable Development Goals." - Barbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Oxford University and Visiting Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
"The Essential Guide presents clear, historically contextualised genealogies of major trends in development theory, and problematises them with critical alternatives. Feminist theory, counter narratives such as buen vivir ('living well') and discursive analyses of Development help to show the limitations of mainstream development theory and neoliberal approaches." - Andrea Nightingale, Chair?of Rural Development in the Global South, Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
"The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies, edited by Henry Veltmeyer and Paul Bowles, is the comprehensive product and theoretical culmination of some six decades of critical research on development and underdevelopment, from Paul Baran's The Political Economy of Growth (1957) to the present. Bringing together the analyses of many of the world's leading analysts in this area, it explains how successive waves of liberal and neoliberal developmentalism have largely failed to address the complex problems of the global South and the persistent realities of imperialism and unequal exchange. In the twenty-first century these issues have proven more important than ever, making this volume an invaluable contribution to the understanding of the epochal crises and global transformations taking place in our time." - John Bellamy Foster, editor, Monthly Review, USA
"the book is highly recommended for activists, researchers, students and teachers of international development at all levels, especially those who seek a comprehensive and authoritative guide to central themes, theories and research in critical development studies. The book's theoretical diversity and high-profile contributors, alongside its wide-ranging scope, emancipatory goals and use of accessible language, make it an excellent candidate as a textbook and an essential addition to any collection of work on critical development studies." - Efe Can Gurcan, Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'etudes du developpement, 2018
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
1090 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4724-8348-5 (9781472483485)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
09/2021
2nd Edition
Routledge
€179.50
Shipment within 15-20 days
Additional editions
Henry Veltmeyer | Paul Bowles
The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies
Book
07/2017
1st Edition
Routledge
€73.22
Withdrawn from sale
Persons
Henry Veltmeyer is Senior Research Professor in Development Studies at Universidad de Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico, and Professor Emeritus in International development Studies at Saint Mary's University, Canada.
Paul Bowles is Professor of Economics and International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada.
Paul Bowles is Professor of Economics and International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada.
Content
Critical Development Studies: An Introduction
Henry Veltmeyer and Paul Bowles
I. Reflections on History
Chapter 1. History from a critical development perspective Kari Levitt:
II. Thinking Critically about Development
Chapter 2. Critical development theory: Results and prospects Ronaldo Munck
Chapter 3. Thinking capitalist development beyond Eurocentrism Alf Nilsen
Chapter 4. Development theory: the Latin American pivot Cristobal Kay
Chapter 5. Postdevelopment and other critiques of the roots of development Eduardo Gudynas
Chapter 6. Development in question: the feminist perspective Fernanda Wanderley
III. Capitalism, Imperialism and Globalization: Implications for Development
Chapter 7. The world systems perspective Salvatore Babones
Chapter 8. The Central Contradictions of Capitalism and Capitalist Crises Berch Berberoglu
Chapter 9. Imperialism, Capitalism and Development James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer
Chapter 10. Critical globalization studies and development S.A. Hamed Hosseini and Barry K. Gills
Chapter 11. The end of globalization Walden Bello
IV. Poverty, Inequalities and Development Dynamics
Chapter 12. The poverty and development problematic Joe Tharamangalam
Chapter 13. Poverty analysis through a gender lens: a brief history of feminist contributions in international development Naila Kabeer
Chapter 14. Gender inequalities at work: explanations with examples from Cambodia, the Philippines and China Fiona MacPhail
V. Policy Configurations for Development: International, National and Local
Chapter 15. The Post-Washington consensus Elisa Van Waeyenberge
Chapter 16. International cooperation for development Peter Kragelund
Chapter 17. The developmental state and late industrialization: still feasible-and desirable? Paul Bowles
Chapter 18. Local economic development and microcredit Milford Bateman
V. Class and Development
Chapter 19. Class analysis and development Henry Veltmeyer
Chapter 20. Class dynamics of the global capitalist system Berch Berberoglu
Chapter 21. The making of the migrant working class in China Pun Ngai
Chapter 22. Class struggle and resistance in Latin America Susan Spronk
VI. Agrarian Change and Spatial Reconfigurations
Chapter 23. Contemporary dynamics of agrarian change Cristobal Kay
Chapter 24. The global food regime Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Chapter 25. The migration-development nexus Raul Delgado Wise
Chapter 26. Urban development in the global south Charmain Levy
VII. Resources, Energy and the Environment
Chapter 27. Capitalism versus the environment Darcy Tetreault
Chapter 28. Climate change and development Marcus Taylor
Chapter 29. Extractive capitalism and subterranean resistances Raul Zibechi
Chapter 30. Popular sustainable development, or ecological economics from below David Barkin
IX. The BRICS as the new 'development giants'
Chapter 31. Brazil: from the margins to the centre? Ana Garcia and Miguel Borba de Sa
Chapter 32. India: Critical issues of a 'tortuous transition' John Harriss
Chapter 33. Interrogating the China model of development Alvin So and Yin Wah Chu
X. The Search for a New Model: Rethinking development in Latin America
Chapter 34. Rethinking Latin America: Towards new development paradigms Ronaldo Munck
Chapter 35. Peasant alternatives to neoliberalism Leandro Vergara-Camus
Chapter 36. Socialism and development: A Latin American perspective Claudio Katz
Chapter 37. Confronting the capitalist hydra: the Zapatistas reflect on the storm that is upon us Sergio Rodriguez Lascano
Henry Veltmeyer and Paul Bowles
I. Reflections on History
Chapter 1. History from a critical development perspective Kari Levitt:
II. Thinking Critically about Development
Chapter 2. Critical development theory: Results and prospects Ronaldo Munck
Chapter 3. Thinking capitalist development beyond Eurocentrism Alf Nilsen
Chapter 4. Development theory: the Latin American pivot Cristobal Kay
Chapter 5. Postdevelopment and other critiques of the roots of development Eduardo Gudynas
Chapter 6. Development in question: the feminist perspective Fernanda Wanderley
III. Capitalism, Imperialism and Globalization: Implications for Development
Chapter 7. The world systems perspective Salvatore Babones
Chapter 8. The Central Contradictions of Capitalism and Capitalist Crises Berch Berberoglu
Chapter 9. Imperialism, Capitalism and Development James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer
Chapter 10. Critical globalization studies and development S.A. Hamed Hosseini and Barry K. Gills
Chapter 11. The end of globalization Walden Bello
IV. Poverty, Inequalities and Development Dynamics
Chapter 12. The poverty and development problematic Joe Tharamangalam
Chapter 13. Poverty analysis through a gender lens: a brief history of feminist contributions in international development Naila Kabeer
Chapter 14. Gender inequalities at work: explanations with examples from Cambodia, the Philippines and China Fiona MacPhail
V. Policy Configurations for Development: International, National and Local
Chapter 15. The Post-Washington consensus Elisa Van Waeyenberge
Chapter 16. International cooperation for development Peter Kragelund
Chapter 17. The developmental state and late industrialization: still feasible-and desirable? Paul Bowles
Chapter 18. Local economic development and microcredit Milford Bateman
V. Class and Development
Chapter 19. Class analysis and development Henry Veltmeyer
Chapter 20. Class dynamics of the global capitalist system Berch Berberoglu
Chapter 21. The making of the migrant working class in China Pun Ngai
Chapter 22. Class struggle and resistance in Latin America Susan Spronk
VI. Agrarian Change and Spatial Reconfigurations
Chapter 23. Contemporary dynamics of agrarian change Cristobal Kay
Chapter 24. The global food regime Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Chapter 25. The migration-development nexus Raul Delgado Wise
Chapter 26. Urban development in the global south Charmain Levy
VII. Resources, Energy and the Environment
Chapter 27. Capitalism versus the environment Darcy Tetreault
Chapter 28. Climate change and development Marcus Taylor
Chapter 29. Extractive capitalism and subterranean resistances Raul Zibechi
Chapter 30. Popular sustainable development, or ecological economics from below David Barkin
IX. The BRICS as the new 'development giants'
Chapter 31. Brazil: from the margins to the centre? Ana Garcia and Miguel Borba de Sa
Chapter 32. India: Critical issues of a 'tortuous transition' John Harriss
Chapter 33. Interrogating the China model of development Alvin So and Yin Wah Chu
X. The Search for a New Model: Rethinking development in Latin America
Chapter 34. Rethinking Latin America: Towards new development paradigms Ronaldo Munck
Chapter 35. Peasant alternatives to neoliberalism Leandro Vergara-Camus
Chapter 36. Socialism and development: A Latin American perspective Claudio Katz
Chapter 37. Confronting the capitalist hydra: the Zapatistas reflect on the storm that is upon us Sergio Rodriguez Lascano