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Theories and practices of development / Katie Willis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge perspectives on developmentPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021Edition: Third editionDescription: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138677531
  • 9781138677548
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Theories and practices of developmentDDC classification:
  • 338.9001 23
LOC classification:
  • HD75 .W55 2021
Contents:
Meanings of development -- Modernization, Keynesianism and neoliberalism -- Structuralism, neo-Marxism and socialism -- Politics and development -- Grassroots development -- Social and cultural dimensions of development -- Environment and development -- Conclusions.
Summary: "The new updated third edition provides a clear and user-friendly introduction to the complex debates around how development has been understood and achieved. It has been fully updated and expanded to reflect global political and economic shifts, as well as new approaches to development. Sections on diversity and development have been expanded and the book considers the future of development in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This key text provides a clear and thorough explanation of key development theories and practices. The third edition will remain an invaluable resource for undergraduate students in Geography, Politics and Development Studies"-- Provided by publisher.
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Revised edition of: Theories and practices of development. c2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Meanings of development -- Modernization, Keynesianism and neoliberalism -- Structuralism, neo-Marxism and socialism -- Politics and development -- Grassroots development -- Social and cultural dimensions of development -- Environment and development -- Conclusions.

"The new updated third edition provides a clear and user-friendly introduction to the complex debates around how development has been understood and achieved. It has been fully updated and expanded to reflect global political and economic shifts, as well as new approaches to development. Sections on diversity and development have been expanded and the book considers the future of development in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This key text provides a clear and thorough explanation of key development theories and practices. The third edition will remain an invaluable resource for undergraduate students in Geography, Politics and Development Studies"-- Provided by publisher.

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