Pádraig Carmody

Development Theory and Practice in a Changing World (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Taking a critical and historical view, this text explores the theory and changing practice of international development. It provides an overview of how the field has evolved and the concrete impacts of this on the ground on the lives of people in the Global South.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351375528
• Artikelnr.: 56846680

Autorenporträt

Pádraig Carmody is Associate Professor in Geography, Head of Department, Fellow and director of the Masters in Development Practice at Trinity College Dublin and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. His research centres on the political economy of globalisation and economic restructuring in Southern and Eastern Africa. He has published in a variety of journals, such as Economic Geography, World Development and Political Geography, amongst others. He has published seven books. The second edition of his New Scramble for Africa has recently been published. He sits of the boards of the Journal of the Tanzanian Geographical Society, African Geographical Review, Political Geography and Geoforum, where he was previously editor-in-chief. He is currently an associate editor of the journal Transnational Corporations, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1 The Idea of Development and Modernisation Chapter 2
Early Critiques: Dependency, World Systems and Alternative Theories of
Development Chapter 3 The Neoliberal Revolution in Development:
Participation, Power and Poverty Chapter 4 Impacts of Neoliberalism and the
Revival of Modernisation? Chapter 5 The Role of the State: "Developmental
States", Geopolitics, Industrialisation and Security Chapter 6
Deconstructing Development: Post-modernism and Decoloniality Chapter 7 Aid,
Development and South-South Cooperation? Chapter 8 ICT4D: Information
Technology for Development? Chapter 9 "The Resource Curse": Land, Wealth
and Politics Chapter 10 Urbanisation and Development: Generative Cities or
Slumification? Chapter 11 Rural Development and Climate: Crisis and
Transcendence? Chapter 12 Getting to or After Development?