The critical development studies handbook : tools for change

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Author:

Veltmeyer, Henry.

ISBN:

9781552663806

9781552663868

9780745331232

9780745331249

Publication Information:

Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood ; London ; New York : Pluto Press, c2011.

Physical Description:

xii, 306 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction -- Brining history back in -- Thinking critically about development -- A system in crisis -- The international dimension -- Class, state and development -- The poverty problematic -- Towards a new paradigm -- Power and development : class and gender matters -- Culture, knowledge and education for development -- Agrarian transformation and rural development -- Capitalism, labour and development -- Nature, energy and development -- Development on the margins -- Looking behind and moving forward.

Abstract:

"This handbook is a guide to 'critical development studies' (CDS)--the study of international development from the standpoint of social change, a critical perspective. As such the handbook provides a set of tools for entering and understanding the nature and scope of the interdisciplinary field of development studies. It is organized as a set of 50 short course modules. Each module is written by a well-known research specialist in the area; and each (a) identifies the six most critical questions or research theme in a particular area of CDS, (b) provides a succinct discussion of the central issues that surround these questions, and (c) makes substantive references to the most essential readings that explore these issues."--pub. desc.

Subject Term:

Economic development.

Social change -- Economic aspects.

Added Author:

Veltmeyer, Henry.

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This handbook is a guide to 'critical development studies' (CDS)-the study of international development from the standpoint of social change, a critical perspective. As such the handbook provides a set of tools for entering and understanding the nature and scope of the interdisciplinary field of development studies. It is organized as a set of 50 short course modules. Each module is written by a well-known research specialist in the area; and each (a) identifies the six most critical questions or research theme in a particular area of CDS, (b) provides a succinct discussion of the central issues that surround these questions, and (c) makes substantive references to the most essential readings that explore these issues.