This exciting book is a tour de force, spanning a broad range of approaches to development. It does not stop at critique, as so many previous books on these issues have done, but offers a unique perspective on future possibilities and the shape of things to come. It should be essential reading on all development studies courses' - Andrea Cornwall, Institute of Development Studies, University of SussexPraise for the previous edition:'This marvellous book should be read by every social scientist interested in development studies' - Keith Griffin, University of California, RiversideThis is the se. Read more... Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; 1Trends in Development Theory; 2 Dilemmas of Development Discourse: The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Comparative Method; 3 The Development of Development Theory: Towards Critical Globalism; 4 Delinking or Globalization?; 5 The Cultural Turn in Development: Questions of Power; 6 My Paradigm or Yours? Variations on Alternative Development; 7 After Post-development; 8 Equity and Growth Revisited: From Human Development to Social Development This exciting book is a tour de force, spanning a broad range of approaches to development. It does not stop at critique, as so many previous books on these issues have done, but offers a unique perspective on future possibilities and the shape of things to come. It should be essential reading on all development studies courses. - Andrea Cornwall, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex Praise for the previous edition: "This marvellous book should be read by every social scientist interested in development studies". - Keith Griffin, University of California, Riverside This is the second edition of this successful book. Written by one of the leading authorities in the field, it: Situates students in the expanding field of development theory. Provides an unrivalled guide to the strengths and weaknesses of competing theoretical approaches. Explains key concepts. Examines the shifts in theory. Offers an agenda for the future. Jan Nederveen brings together a huge range of experience and knowledge about the relationship between the economically advanced and the emerging, developing nations. Cover ......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Tables and Figures......Page 11 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Preface to the second edition......Page 14 Introduction......Page 17 1Trends in Development Theory......Page 20 2 Dilemmas of Development Discourse: The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Comparative Method......Page 38 3 The Development of Development Theory: Towards Critical Globalism......Page 55 4 Delinking or Globalization?......Page 73 5 The Cultural Turn in Development: Questions of Power......Page 83 6 My Paradigm or Yours? Variations on Alternative Development......Page 102 7 After Post-development......Page 129 8 Equity and Growth Revisited: From Human Development to Social Development......Page 144 9 Critical Holism and the Tao of Development......Page 163 10 Digital Capitalism and Development: The Unbearable Lightness of ICT4D......Page 185 11 Futures of Development......Page 201 12 Twenty-first-century Globalization and Development......Page 222 References......Page 240 Index......Page 265
