| Description |
xxiv, 565 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Part I: Theories of and approaches to international development. Meaning, measurement, and morality in international development / Jessica Schafer, Paul Alexander Haslam, and Pierre Beaudet -- Imperialism and the colonial experience / Eric Allina -- Theories of development / Radhika Desai -- Post-development / Eunice N. Sahle -- Gender and development : the struggles of women in the global south / Andrea Martinez -- Globalization and development / Pierre Beaudet -- Part II: International development actors. State of the state : does the state have a role in development? / Anil Hira -- National development agencies and bilateral aid / Stephen Brown -- The international financial institutions / Marcus Taylor -- The United Nations and multilateral actors in development / David Sogge -- Multinational corporations / Paul Alexander Haslam -- Civil society and development / Henry Veltmeyer -- Part III: Issues in international development. -- Poverty and exclusion : from basic needs to the Millennium Development Goals / David R. Morrison -- Debt and development / Joseph Hanlon -- Free trade and fair trade / Gavin Fridell -- Democracy / Cédric Jourde -- Environment and development / Deborah Sick -- Rural development / Joshua Ramisch -- Urban development : cities and slums in the global south / Anne Latendresse and Lisa Bornstein -- Development and health / Ted Schrecker -- Education and development : the perennial contradictions of policy discourse / Richard Maclure, Refaat Sabbah, and Daniel Lavan -- Conflict and development / Astri Suhrke and Torunn Wimpelmann Chaudhary -- International migration and development / Khalid Koser -- Indigenous peoples : a category in development / Natacha Gagné -- Technology, information, and development / Erwin A. Alampay -- Culture and development / Nissim Mannathukkaren -- China, globalization, and development / Samir Amin -- Epilogue. The future of development / Pierre Beaudet, Paul Alexander Haslam, and Jessica Schafer |
| Notes |
"First edition published in 2009" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic assistance -- Developing countries.
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Economic development -- Textbooks.
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Economic development -- International cooperation.
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Economic development -- Social aspects.
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Political development -- Textbooks.
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Political development.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Beaudet, Pierre R.
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Haslam, Paul Alexander.
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Schafer, Jessica.
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| LC no. |
2012455087 |
| ISBN |
019544020X (paperback) |
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9780195440201 (paperback) |
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