The Companion to Development Studies - Hardcover

9780340760505: The Companion to Development Studies

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340760508 ISBN 13: 9780340760505

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

'The Companion to Development Studies' is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies. The editors of this new volume have brought together an impressive range of international experts in the field to present an interdisciplinary and comprehensive overview of contemporary development studies.

With more than one hundred chapters dealing with both theory and practice, 'The Companion' is an accessible guide for students and a direct route into the key issues of development studies. Divided into ten sections covering all the important areas in the field, including gender, violence and insecurity, environment, and agents of development, this timely new text provides easy-to-use summaries of all the major issues encountered in this fast-changing area.

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Review

An important reference source for anyone with an interest in development studies. The editors brought together an impressive range of international experts. Students in all levels of graduation in development studies, geography, politics, international relations, sociology, anthropology and economics will find this book useful.
Educational Book Review

The sheer breadth of subject matter brought together by the editors in a single volume is an achievement...a very welcome arrival.
The Times Higher

Synopsis

This new book brings together leading scholars from around the world to provide an international and interdisciplinary overview of twentieth century development studies. This comprehensive companion covers not only thinkers, schools and movements, but also highlights controversies and points of convergence between different disciplinary traditions. With more than one hundred short chapters dealing with both practice and theory, the volume offers accessible guidance for students and a direct route into the key issues of development studies. The book is further divided into sections on the nature of development, theories of development, issues of development and alternative forms of development. The Arnold Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies.

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