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Author Hopper, Paul

Title Understanding Development
Edition 2nd ed
Published Newark : Polity Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (504 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Understanding Development; A brief history of development; Development and the United Nations system; Conceptualizing development; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITE; Notes; 1 Theorizing Development; From three worlds to the Northâ#x80;#x93;South divide; Major economic approaches to development; The East Asian â#x80;#x98;miracleâ#x80;#x99;; Conclusion; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; Notes; 2 Approaching Development; Culture and development; Anthropology and development
Post-development perspectivesConclusion; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; Notes; 3 Health, Education and Population; Population and development; Health and development; Education and development; Conclusion; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; Notes; 4 Gender and Development; A brief history of gender and development; Women and development; Gender and development: critical debates; Gender and development: future trajectories; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; 5 Conflict, Security and Development; The merging of development and security; Fragile and failing states; Human security
PeacekeepingPost-conflict development; The reform of the United Nations system; Conclusion: conflict, security and development; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; Notes; 6 Trade and Development; The free trade debate; Fair trade and development; The WTO and the world trading system; Trade and development: a complex relationship; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; Notes; 7 Participation and Representation in Development; Participatory development; NGOs and development; International institutions and representation; Civil society, social capital and development; Summary
RECOMMENDED READINGWEBSITES; Notes; 8 Financing Development: Foreign Aid and Debt; The debt crisis in the developing world; Dealing with debt; Foreign aid; Does aid work?; The G8 Gleneagles agreement; Enhancing the effectiveness of aid; Global development cooperation; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; Notes; 9 Sustainable Development; Development and the global environment; Globalization, development and the environment; Global governance and the environment; Sustainable development; Conclusion: global sustainable development; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; Notes
10 Globalization and DevelopmentApproaching globalization; Globalization and the developmental state; Globalization and development; Globalization and the network society; Globalizing cities and uneven development; Conclusion; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; Notes; 11 Migration, Displacement and Humanitarianism; Displacement, development and the refugee crisis; Conclusion: displacement, development and the refugee crisis; Humanitarianism and development; Conclusion: humanitarianism and development; Migration, remittances and development; Summary; RECOMMENDED READING; WEBSITES; Notes
Summary RECOMMENDED READING -- WEBSITE -- Notes -- Conclusion: Development â#x80;#x93; Future Trajectories -- What has development actually achieved? -- In defence of development -- Development: future trajectories -- Conclusion -- RECOMMENDED READING -- WEBSITES -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- End User License Agreement
Notes 12 The UN Millennium Development Goals
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Subject Commercial policy.
Economic development.
Emigration and immigration.
Social policy.
Sustainable development.
economic development.
Migration period (Medieval culture or period)
migrations (events)
immigration.
emigration.
public policy.
sustainable development.
Commercial policy
Economic development
Emigration and immigration
Social policy
Sustainable development
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ISBN 9781509510542
1509510540