The Companion to Development Studies

Herausgeber: Potter, Rob; Desai, Vandana

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Companion to Development Studies offers a cutting-edge overview of the field of development studies from leading international academics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 626
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 174mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1048g
• ISBN-13: 9781444167245
• ISBN-10: 1444167243
• Artikelnr.: 36705679

Autorenporträt

Vandana Desai is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London. Robert B. Potter is Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. The Nature of Development and Development Studies 1.1 Development
in a Global-Historical Context 1.2 What's in a Name? From Third World to
Poor Countries 1.3 The Origins and Nature of Development Studies 1.4 The
Impasse in Development Studies 1.5 Development and Economic Growth 1.6
Development and Social Welfare - Human Rights 1.7 Development as Freedom
1.8 Race and Development 1.9 Culture and Development 1.10 Ethics and
Development 1.11 New Institutional Economics and Development 1.12 Measuring
Development: from GDP to HDI 1.13 Poverty and Development: Definitions and
Measures 1.14 The Millennium Development Goals 1.15 BRICs and Development
Part 2. Theories and Strategies of Development 2.1. Theories, Strategies
and Ideologies of Development 2.2. Smith, Ricardo and the World Marketplace
1776-2011 2.3. The Enlightenment and the Era of Modernity 2.4. Dualistic
and Unilinear Perspectives on Development 2.5. Neoliberalism:
Globalization's Neoconservative Enforcer of Austerity 2.6. Dependency
Theories 2.7. New World Dependency Theory 2.8. World Systems Theory 2.9
Indigenous Knowledge and Development 2.10. Participatory Development 2.11
Post-Colonialism and Development 2.12 Postmodernism and Development 2.13
Post-development 2.14 Social Capital and Development Part 3. Globalisation,
Employment and Development 3.1 Globalisation: an Overview 3.2 The 'new'
International Division of Labour 3.3 Global Shift: Industrialization and
Development 3.4 Globalisation and Localisation 3.5 Trade and Industrial
Policy in Developing Countries 3.6 The Knowledge-based Economy and the
Digital Divisions of Labour 3.7 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and
Development 3.8 The Informal Economy in Cities of the South 3.9 Child
Labour 3.10 Pro-poor Globalisation 3.11 Migration and Transnationalism 3.12
Diaspora and Development Part 4 Rural Development 4.1 Rural Poverty 4.2
Rural Livelihoods 4.3 Food Security 4.4 Famines 4.5 Genetically Modified
Crops and Development 4.6 Rural Co-operatives 4.7 Land Reform 4.8 Gender,
Agriculture and Land Rights 4.9 The Sustainable Intensification of
Agriculture Part 5. Urbanisation and Development 5.1 Urbanization in Low-
and Middle-Income Nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America 5.2 Urban Bias
5.3 Global Cities and the Production of Uneven Development 5.4 Studies in
Comparative Urbanism 5.5 Prosperity or Poverty? Wealth, Inequality and
Deprivation in Urban Areas 5.6 Housing the Urban Poor 5.7 Urbanisation and
Environment in Low and Middle-income Countries 5.8 Transport and Urban
Development 5.9 Cities, Crime and Development Part 6. Environment and
Development 6.1 Sustainable Development 6.2 International Regulation and
the Environment 6.3 Climate Change and Development: An Overview 6.4
Changing Climate and African Development 6.5 Vulnerability & Disasters 6.6
Ecosystems Services for Development 6.7 Natural Resource Management: A
Critical Appraisal 6.8 Water and Hydropolitics 6.9 Energy and Development
6.10 Tourism and Environment 6.11 Transport and Sustainability:
Developmental Pathways Part 7. Gender and Development 7.1 Demographic
Changes and Gender 7.2 Women and the State 7.3 Gender, Families and
Households 7.4 Feminism and Feminist Issues in the South 7.5 Rethinking
Gender and Empowerment 7.6 Gender and Globalisation 7.7 Migrant Women in
the New Economy: Understanding the Gender-Migration-Care Nexus 7.8 Women
and Political Representation Shirin M. Rai 7.9 Sexualities and Development
7.10 Hegemonic Masculinities 7.11 Indigenous Fertility Control Part 8.
Health and Education 8.1 Nutritional Problems, Policies and Intervention
Strategies in Developing Economies 8.2 Motherhood and Child Health 8.3 The
Development Impact of HIV/AIDS 8.4 Ageing and Poverty 8.5 Health and
Inequality 8.6 Disability 8.7 Social Protection in Development Context 8.8
Female Participation in Education 8.9 The Challenge of Skill Formation and
Training 8.10 Development Education, Global Citizenship and International
Volunteering Part 9. Political Economy of Violence and Insecurity 9.1
Gender and Age-Based Violence 9.2 Fragile States 9.3 Refugees 9.4
Humanitarian Aid 9.5 Rights and Social Justice 9.6 Global War on Terror,
Development and Civil Society 9.7 Peace-building Partnerships and Human
Security 9.8 Nationalism 9.9 Ethnic Conflict and the State 9.10 Religions
and Development Part 10. Governance and Development 10.1 Foreign Aid in a
Changing World 10.2 The Rising Powers as Development Donors and Partners
10.3 Aid Conditionality 10.4 Aid Effectiveness 10.5 Global Governance
Issues and Current Crisis 10.6 Change Agents: A History of Hope in NGOs,
Civil Society, and the 99% 10.7 Corruption and Development 10.8 Role of
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) 10.9 Non-Governmental Public action
Networks and Global Policy Processes 10.10 Multilateral Institutions and
the Financing of Development 10.11 Challenges to the World Trade
Organisation 10.12 Is there a Legal Right to Development?