Development Studies: A Reader - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340632127 ISBN 13: 9780340632123

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Review

...will be required reading for all undergraduates and Masters students concerned with development studies. (Geography, Vol 81, Part 2, April 1996)

Taken together, the texts selected and Corbridge's introductory remarks do present a broad overview of the field of develpment studies. (European Journal of Develoopmental Research)

The editor's own comments and reviews of central debates are excellent and reflect intimate knowledge of the field and the competing positions and theories. (European Journal of Developmental Research)

An excellent update of earlier readers. (Development and Change)

Synopsis

This text brings together in one volume a representative set of readings on the nature of contemporary development issues. Using as its organizing theme the "development debate" itself, it focuses on six main topic areas: theories and models of development; agricultural change and rural development; survival strategies and the weapons of the weak; industrialization and urbanization; the global political economy; and new directions in development studies, including democratization, environmental sustainability, and citizenship. The extracts included have been selected to provide a full sense of what development studies are about. Each section is prefaced by an introduction to contextualize it within wider intellectual, historical and policy-related contexts, and to clarify its main points.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0340632127
• ISBN 13: 9780340632123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Corbridge Stuart