Summary:
'Development Studies' brings together in a single accessible volume a representative and exciting set of readings on the nature of contemporary development issues. Using as its organizing theme the 'development debate' itself, this reader focuses on six main topic areas: theories and models of development, agricultural change and rural development, survival strategies and the weapons of the weak, industrialization and urbanization, the global political economy, and new directions in development studies, including democratization, environmental sustainability, and citizenship.
The extracts included have been selected to provide a full sense of what development studies are all about. Each section is prefaced by an extensive editorial introduction to contextualize it within wider intellectual, historical and policy-related contexts, and to clarify its main points. Each closes with an extensive guide to further reading.
- Development theories are linked to development policies throughout
- Extracts are written by leading academics in the field
- Gives a wide regional coverage
- Features extensive editorial commentary and guides to further reading
Readership:
Undergraduate students of development studies, geography, economics and sociology.
Reviews:
...will be required reading for all undergraduates and Masters students concerned with development studies.
Geography, Vol 81, Part 2, April 1996
Taken together, the texts selected and Corbridge's introductory remarks do present a broad overview of the field of develpment studies.
European Journal of Develoopmental Research
The editor's own comments and reviews of central debates are excellent and reflect intimate knowledge of the field and the competing positions and theories.
European Journal of Developmental Research
An excellent update of earlier readers.
Development and Change
An excellent update of earlier readers.
Development and Change