By: Damien Kingsbury, John McKay, Janet Hunt, Mark McGillivray, Matthew Clarke

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This text provides a critical interdisciplinary introduction to the theory, practice and study of development. The thoroughly revised and updated new edition takes account of the impact of the global financial crisis, the economic rise of China and India and the further ramifications of global warming.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of this highly regarded text introduces the theory, practice and study of development. It examines the key aspects of contemporary international development - from globalization and drivers of economic growth through to gender, security and the environment. The book builds on the authors' extensive practical experience to offer a systematic assessment of the field and identify characteristics of successful development. Arguing that there can be no development without poverty reduction and the involvement of all key stakeholders, the authors show why it is crucial not only to have the right policies but also to involve the right people. Failure to do so, they argue, leads on the one hand to aid fatigue, and on the other to distorted development, no development at all, or even negative development. The text has been extensively rewritten to incorporate new theoretical insights as well as recent key events and issues, including the impact of the global financial crisis, the rise of China and India, and the political ramifications of global warming.

List of Figures and Tables	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
What is Development?	p. 23
Traditional meanings of development	p. 24
Contemporary meanings of development	p. 31
Applying development definitions	p. 43
Conclusion	p. 51
Reassessing Development Theory	p. 53
The global context for development ideas and policies	p. 55
Theories of modernization	p. 58
The challenge of dependency theory	p. 62
The Asian miracle: challenges for modernization and dependency approaches	p. 66
The neo-liberal ascendancy	p. 69
Globalization, the global financial crisis and development theory	p. 70
Aid and Development	p. 79
The purpose of aid	p. 79
Historical background	p. 79
How much aid, to whom?	p. 82
What has shaped levels and distribution of aid?	p. 86
What has aid been like?	p. 89
How effective has aid been?	p. 95
Criticisms of aid	p. 98
Aid in an era of globalization	p. 100
Conflict and state-building	p. 103
The Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction	p. 106
The future of aid for development	p. 109
Globalization and Development	p. 112
The meaning of globalization	p. 114
Key globalization organizations	p. 120
New or old?	p. 124
Hyperglobalists	p. 126
Sceptics	p. 127
Transformationalists	p. 131
'Realism'	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 135
The Economics of Development	p. 138
The main drivers of growth: competing schools of thought	p. 141
Policies to stimulate growth	p. 152
Conclusion: growth in a globalizing world	p. 159
Continuing Crises: The Developing World and the Global Financial Crisis	p. 153
Global and regional crises in historical context: learning the lessons	p. 164
How has the risk of crisis increased in recent years?	p. 166
Seeking to understand the causes of crises: the return of Marx, Keynes and Minsky	p. 170
Other explanations for the GFC, and ideas to prevent a recurrence	p. 175
Asia and the global financial crisis	p. 178
Africa and the global financial crisis	p. 183
Latin America and the global financial crisis	p. 187
The GFC and the future of globalization and North-South relations	p. 189
Politics, Governance and Development	p. 191
The origins of developing countries	p. 192
Political identity	p. 194
The state	p. 197
Militaries in politics	p. 198
Democracy, democratization and regime change	p. 200
The state, society and democratization	p. 209
State institutions	p. 212
Governance	p. 214
Legitimacy	p. 216
Conclusion	p. 217
Poverty Alleviation and Development	p. 219
Introduction	p. 219
What is poverty?	p. 220
Measuring poverty	p. 226
The recent experience of poverty	p. 232
Development interventions to end poverty	p. 239
Conclusion	p. 243
Community Development	p. 245
Bottom-up versus top-down	p. 246
External involvement	p. 247
Background to community development	p. 249
Education as development	p. 252
Social distinction	p. 255
Social organization	p. 258
Co-operatives	p. 260
Expecting the unexpected	p. 263
Community development at work: the East Timor experience	p. 265
Local versus global	p. 269
Gender and Development	p. 272
Sex and gender: what are we talking about?	p. 273
Integrating women into development	p. 275
Women and development: a new critique	p. 276
Gender and development	p. 277
Gender and adjustment	p. 279
Gender and the environment	p. 281
Postmodernism and difference	p. 284
Community development approaches	p. 286
Gender and globalization: the way ahead	p. 290
Gender and governance	p. 292
Gender and the Millennium Development Goals	p. 295
Gender mainstreaming	p. 298
Environment and Development	p. 302
Global warming	p. 304
Population reduction	p. 306
Deforestation	p. 312
Desertification	p. 314
Water	p. 316
Political economy of the environment	p. 321
Alternatives	p. 323
Renewable energy	p. 327
Triple bottom line	p. 332
Security and Development	p. 335
Revisiting the concept of security: linking security and development	p. 339
The nature and costs of terrorism	p. 346
Facing the basic causes of terrorism and other human security issues	p. 350
Conclusions: human security as a focus for development studies	p. 359
References	p. 361
Index	p. 409
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ISBN: 9780230303232
ISBN-10: 230303234
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 456
Published: 15th June 2012
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.5  x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.703