Preface; Introduction: Alternative development: unravelling marginalization, voicing change, Cathrine Brun and Piers Blaikie. Section 1 Knowledge, Policy and Practice of Development: Towards an engaged political ecology, Piers Blaikie; Teaching to learn -- learning to teach: learning experiences from the reality of an ever-changing world, Hans Skotte; Foreign direct investment, local development and poverty reduction: the sustainability of the salmon industry in Southern Chile, Arnt Floisand and Jonathan R. Barton; Housing the urban poor in metropolitan Accra, Ghana: what is the role of the state in the era of liberalization and globalization?, George Owusu; Implementing international consensus on women in development: context, policy and practice, Ingrid Eide. Section 2 Alternative Geographies of Gender and Development: Muted power -- gender segregation and female power, Vibeke Vagenes; Gender, politics and development in Accra, Ghana, Samuel Agyei-Mensah and Charlotte