International Development: Strategies and Legacies of Socio-Economic Development examines the multifaceted challenges and strategies underlying socio-economic progress in a globally interconnected world.
Grounded in a thorough historical and theoretical framework, this book explores the evolution of development strategies, from post-colonial challenges and the role of state policies to the impacts of global market integration and environmental sustainability. It scrutinizes the effectiveness of foreign aid, the resilience of local strategies, and the persistent disparities shaped by historical legacies, extractive state institutions, deficit of individual rights, systemic poverty, gender inequality, armed conflicts, environmental hazards, and food insecurity. Through case studies and document driven insights, it highlights the intersection of institutional frameworks, economic imperatives, and human agency in shaping developmental outcomes. By integrating environmental and sustainability considerations with economic strategies, the book underscores the necessity of inclusive policies that address structural barriers and promote human-centred development. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to include material on decolonization; the various effects of the Covid19 pandemic; gender and sexual orientation-based discrimination; climate change; migration; and economic insecurity.
With a multi-disciplinary approach taking into account politics, international relations, economics, sociology, cultural studies, and the history of development, this book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars, as well as policymakers and practitioners working and researching in those fields.
International Development: Strategies and Legacies of Socio-Economic Development examines the multifaceted challenges and strategies underlying socio-economic progress in a globally interconnected world.
Introduction: development and changing societies I. Conceptualizing
development II. Challenges to measuring progress and economic performance
III. Classical scholars and critical thinkers IV. Concluding remarks
Chapter
1: Theories and strategies of development I. Conceptualizing theories and
strategies II. Early theories: from growth models to structural change
approaches III. The state as the agent of development: from dependency to
state capitalism IV. The state as an obstacle to development: neoliberalism
of the past and present V. The state as an enabling environment: institutions
and good governance
Chapter 2: Colonialism and development I. Conceptualizing
historical legacy of colonialism II. Indigenous civilizations and the
European powers III. Theoretical explanations of colonialism and imperialism
IV. Colonialism and the creation of the Third World V. Decolonialization
processes and the post-colony
Chapter 3: Developing countries and the global
economy I. Conceptualizing the global economy II. Learning to cooperate: the
Bretton Woods system III. Attempting to help - debt, aid, and the cartel of
good intentions IV. Expanding trade: from GATT to WTO managed globalization
V. The fracturing of the global economy in the post-Covid era
Chapter 4:
State's role and strategies: obstacles and opportunities I. Conceptualizing
strategy II. Relying on the state: the politics of foreign aid III. Fixing
the state: errors of structural reforms IV. Utilizing the state: state-led
development V. Institutional framework and good governance
Chapter 5: Armed
conflicts, violence, and development I. Conceptualizing armed conflict II.
Wars in theory and reality: resisting simplification III. Contemplating
different explanations of violent conflicts IV. Living and escaping the
conflict trap V. Post-conflict reconstruction: scars, fears, and
reconciliation
Chapter 6: Gender relations and development I. Conceptualizing
gender II. Gender and development: feminist interventions III. Gender-based
exclusion and discrimination IV. Empowering women: towards equality of all
people
Chapter 7: Environment, sustainability, and development I.
Conceptualizing sustainable development II. The sustainability of economic
growth and the scarcity dilemma III. Non-renewable resources and the problem
of energy security IV. Deforestation, pollution, and the UN conferences on
climate change
Chapter 8: Rural development and food security I.
Conceptualizing food security II. Global hunger, rural poverty, and tensions
in agricultural trade III. IPRs, GMOs, and TRIPS versus Farmers Rights IV.
Access to food and domestic agricultural policies
Chapter 9: Urbanization and
challenges of unbalanced growth I. Conceptualizing urbanization II. Growing
cities as a problematic force of economic progress III. Displacement in the
time of migration and economic insecurity IV. The search for a balanced and
inclusive urban development model Afterword
Anna Lanoszka is Professor of International Economic Relations at the University of Windsor, Canada, specializing in trade and development. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Dalhousie University and a combined undergraduate degree in Political Science and Economics from Carleton University. Previously, she worked in the Accessions Division of the WTO. She has also participated in global consulting projects to support institutional reforms in developing countries.
