From the local to the global : key issues in development studies.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance.

Development economics.

Debts, External.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

xii, 352 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto, 2015.

Summary:

In recent years the international development sector has faced new challenges to poverty eradication and the promotion of human rights. Climate change, the ongoing financial crisis and resulting political instability have had a huge impact both North and South. This completely revised third edition of this classic textbook highlights the extent to which the local and global are interconnected in today's globalised economy and questions the legitimacy of the neoliberal model of development. It is an indispensable introduction to key issues such as aid, debt, trade, migration, security, gender in development and climate change. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Development Discourse and Definitions 21

1 Measuring Human Development / Andy Storey Storey, Andy 23

2 A Human Rights Based Approach to Development / Máire Braniff Braniff, Máire, Paul Hainsworth Hainsworth, Paul 39

Part II The Economics of Development 57

3 Overseas Development Aid: Is It Working? / Patrick Marren Marren, Patrick 59

4 Trade, Development and Inequality / Denis O'Hearn O'Hearn, Denis 78

5 Debt Injustice in the Global North and South / Nessa Ní Chasaide Chasaide, Nessa Ní 96

Part III Development Policy 111

6 Climate Change: Reorienting the Development Agenda / David Selby Selby, David 113

7 Europe, Development and the Colonial Legacy / Gerard McCann McCann, Gerard 132

8 Post-2015 Development Assessment: Proposed Goals and Indicators / Walden Bello Bello, Walden 152

9 Women Contributing to Gender-Just, Equitable and Sustainable Development / Patricio Muñoz-Cabrera Muñoz-Cabrera, Patricio 170

10 The Complexity of Migration / Michal Cenker Cenker, Michal 191

Part IV Regional Development 213

11 Rethinking Latin America: Back to the Future? / Ronaldo Munch Munch, Ronaldo 215

12 The Arab Spring: Trading Development for Stability / Heba M. Khalil Khalil, Heba M. 233

13 China: The New Face of Development / Russell Duncan Duncan, Russell 251

14 Meaningful Development Goals and Sub-Saharan Africa / Chrispin R. Matenga Matenga, Chrispin R. 267

Part V Human Development 287

15 Children, Childhood and Work: Perceptions and Practices / Madeleine Leonard Leonard, Madeleine 289

16 Development Education as an Agent of Social Change / Stephen McCloskey McCloskey, Stephen 302.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745334741

9780745334745

0745334733

9780745334738

9781783712816

1783712813

OCLC:

908800002