Development theory : deconstructions/reconstructions

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, the book: - 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. In this book, the author brings a huge range of experience and knowledge about the relationship between the economically advanced and the emerging, developing nations. 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; 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. 9 Critical Holism and the Tao of Development10 Digital Capitalism and Development: The Unbearable Lightness of ICT4D; 11 Futures of Development; 12 Twenty-first-century Globalization and Development; References; Index.