Introduction to International Development
Introduction to International Development
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9780199036431 |
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Paperback |
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18 Mar 2021 |
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Introduction to International Development integrates the work of leading experts from disciplines as varied as geography, history, sociology, political science, economics, gender studies, and anthropology. Contributed chapters present foundational overviews as well as in-depth coverage of issues at the heart of today’s most pressing international debates, providing students with the conceptual tools they need to understand the challenges, successes, and failures of international development within today’s dynamic and changing world.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
- Heavily updated and includes coverage of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the COVID-19 pandemic
- New chapters on economic development theories
- New chapter on refugees
- New chapter on economic resilience in Indigenous communities.
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Contents
Part I: Theories and Approaches in International Development
1. What is Development? From Economic Growth to the Sustainable Development Goals
2. Imperialism and the Colonial Experience
3. Theories of Development Economics
4. The Critical Political Economy of Development
5. Post-Development and Alternatives to Development
6. Gender and Development: Theoretical Insights and International Commitments
7. Globalization and Development
Part II: International Development Actors
8. State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?
9. National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid
10. The International Financial Institutions
11. The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development
12. Private Enterprise and Development
13. Civil Society and Development
14. China and the Emerging Economies
Part III: Issues in International Development
15. Debt and Development
16. Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South–South Trade
17. Democracy
18. Climate Change, Environment, and Development
19. Rural Development
20. Urban Development: Cities in the Global South
21. Development and Health
22. Conflict and Development
23. Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice
24. Indigenous Community Economic Resilience
25. Culture and Development
Part IV: Practice in International Development
26. Measuring and Evaluating Poverty
27. Inequality and Social Policy
28. Planning and Appraising Development Projects
29. Humanitarian Assistance and Intervention
30. Ethics of Development
Glossary
Index
Authors
Paul A. Haslam - Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.
Jessica Schafer was an assistant professor at the International Development and Globalization program at the University of Ottawa from 2006-2008.
Pierre Beaudet - Associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Contributors:
Eric Allina - Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Ottawa.
Jody-Ann Anderson - Doctoral student, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.
Stephen Brown - Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa.
Lisa Bornstein - Associate Professor, School of Urban Planning, McGill University.
Gavin Fridell - Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of International Development Studies, Saint Mary’s University.
Des Gasper - Professor Emeritus of Human Development, Development Ethics and Public Policy, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Jing Gu - Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development, Institute of Development Studies; Executive Team Leader of the UK Anchor Institution for China International Development Research Collaboration.
Arjan de Haan - Director, Inclusive Economies at the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa.
Laura Hammond - Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Joseph Hanlon - Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics and the Open University (UK).
Pablo Heidrich - Assistant Professor, Global and International Studies Program, Carleton University.
Anil Hira - Professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University.
Tim Jones - Head of Policy for the Jubilee Debt Campaign.
Cédric Jourde - Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa.
Anne Latendresse - Professor, Département de Géographie, Université du Québec, Montréal.
Nissim Mannathukkaren - Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University.
Marianne H. Marchand - Chair in International Relations, Department of International Relations and Political Science, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla (Mexico); Associate Senior Fellow, Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany).
Abu-Bakar Siddiq Massaquoi- Lecturer, Institute of Environmental Management and Quality Control, School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University, Sierra Leone.
James Milner - Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University; Director of the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN).
Chukwumerije Okereke - Professor, Climate and Environmental Governance, Department of Political Science, Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Nigeria.
Jane Parpart - Research Professor, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts.
David Potts - Honorary Visiting Researcher, John & Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies, University of Bradford.
Joshua Ramisch - Associate Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.
Keetie Roelen - Research Fellow and Co-director of the Centre for Social Protection, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
Ted Schrecker - Professor of Global Health Policy, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University; Senior Fellow, Global Policy Institute, Durham University.
David Sogge - independent researcher in Amsterdam; an Associate of the Transnational Institute.
Susan Spronk - Associate Professor and Director of the School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.
Astri Suhrke - Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway.
Marcus Taylor - Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Global Development Studies, Queen’s University.
Rebecca Tiessen - Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.
Henry Veltmeyer - Professor Emeritus, International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University; Senior Research Professor, Development Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico); Senior Research Fellow, Advanced Latin American Studies, Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico).
Torunn Wimpelmann - Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway.
Wanda Wuttunee - Professor and Graduate Chair, Native Studies, University of Manitoba.
Aram Ziai - Heisenberg Professor, German Research Foundation for Development Policy and Postcolonial Studies.
Lecturer Resources
The following resources are available for lecturers who prescribe Introduction to International Development, fourth edition, for their course:
- Instructor's Resource Manual
- PowerPoint Slides
- Test Bank
- Student Study Guide
- Flash Cards
- Image Bank
- Online Appendix for Chapter 28 Planning and Appraising Development Projects
- Three online chapters from the previous edition