Development theory and climate change / M. A. Mohamed Salih (Emeritus Professor, Politics of Development, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salih, M. A. Mohamed, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global environmental change.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"Development Theory and Climate Change is an illuminating exploration of the decline and subsequent revival of development theories. M.A. Mohamed Salih demonstrates how the end of the Cold War and the ascendancy of neoliberal global capitalism have caused the revival of core conceptual frameworks derived from modernisation, dependency and the world system. M.A. Mohamed Salih discusses the way in which these development theories have earlier prioritised ideology over authentic progress and neglected to consider the environment and the experiences of women in their analyses of development. He reflects on ecofeminist, political ecology feminist and post-development discourses which offer alternatives to neoliberal international climate change policies, as well as activists such as Extinction Rebellion, who reject these policies entirely. The book ultimately proposes a reassessment of development theory beyond the climate change crisis, interrogating relations between developing and more developed industrially advanced countries in the Anthropocene. Students and scholars of development studies, environmental and human geography and sociology and sociological theory will greatly benefit from this pioneering book. Interdisciplinary in scope, it is also a vital resource for policymakers and practitioners working in climate change and development, as well as environmental activists and NGOs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

Acronyms and abbreviations

Introduction to development theory and climate change

1. Development and climate change: From the industrial revolution to the anthropocene

2. Varieties of modernization theory

3. Ecological modernization and climate change

4. A lease of life: Dependency, the world-system and the global environmental crisis

5. Dependency and world-system conceptual frameworks and climate change

6. Counter-currents to development theory and global climate policy

Conclusions: Theoretical decline and conceptual framework resilience

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800888142 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.