Global economic crisis and the implications of global environmental change have led
academics and policy-makers to consider how 'development'in all parts of the world should …

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A major characteristic of the multi-, inter-and cross-disciplinary field of development studies
since its establishment in the 1940s has been a series of sea-level changes in thinking …

Development thinking and development practice are in a state of flux-theory apparently
offering little by way of solutions to the crisis of development. This book provides a fresh and …

The studies in this book, first published in 1979, offer an all-encompassing contemporary
critique of the sociology, politics and economics of development as they are …

Palgrave Advances in Development Studies aims to provide readers with an understanding
of the disparate theories concerning development, their assumptions and the intellectual …

This text provides a critical assessment of dominant features of development theory and
practice in such areas as globalisation, governance, social development, participation …

This major textbook, first published in 1997 and reprinted for the fourth time in 2004, is
specifically written for students in development studies. It provides a comprehensive and …

This book presents development strategies and lessons based on a large range of'success'
countries across the developing world. In addition to the country cases, it presents regional …

Because of the absence of evidence to show for its utility, the notion of 'development'has
been fraught with many debates over the years. This paper is concerned with re-examining …