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History, historians and development policy : a necessary dialogue / edited by C.A. Bayly ... [and others]
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Policy sciences.
- History.
- Social sciences and history.
- Political science--Decision making.
- Political science.
- Historians.
- Economic development.
- Public health.
- Natural resources--Management.
- Natural resources.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Summary:
- Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues.
- Contents:
- How and why history matters for development policy / Michael Woolcock Woolcock, Michael, Simon Szreter Szreter, Simon, Vijayendra Rao Rao, Vijayendra
- Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa / C. A. Bayly Bayly, C. A.
- Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse / Uma Kothari Kothari, Uma
- Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues
- Social Protection
- Social security as a developmental institution?
- The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law / Richard Smith Smith, Richard
- Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges / R. Bing Wong Wong, R. Bing
- Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? / Ravi Kanbur Kanbur, Ravi
- Public Health
- Health in India since Independence / Sunil S. Amrith Amrith, Sunil S.
- Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century / Stephen J. Kunitz Kunitz, Stephen J.
- Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? / David Hall-Mathews Hall-Mathews, David
- Public education
- The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century / David Vincent Vincent, David
- The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history / Tim Harper Harper, Tim
- Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education / Lant Pritchett Pritchett, Lant
- Natural resource management Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 / Paul Warde Warde, Paul
- Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources / Keith Breckenridge Breckenridge, Keith
- Commentary: Natural resources and development - which histories matter? / Mick Moore Moore, Mick.
- Notes:
- "A joint product of the Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, Development Research Group, World Bank, and History & Policy, www.history and policy.org."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780719085765
- 0719085764
- OCLC:
- 701811090
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