"This title provides an overview of the intrinsically political relations of development. It brings together essays written by experts in the politics of development and covers a range of topical concerns: gender, race, indigenous development, social movements, religion, security, the environment, colonialism, migration, the political economy of development, urbanization, and the agrarian question. It examines key concepts and approaches which have underpinned development, as well as the struggles it hasengendered historically, and in contemporary contexts. This volume offers alternative analytical frameworks for understanding the relationships around development and inequalities"--
Economists ponder political issues rising from economic development. Their topics include the politics of governing development, indigenous development, gender and development, social movements, religion and development, a critical political analysis of the security-development nexus and fragile states, the environmental politics of development, politics of neo-liberal development: Washington consensus and post-Washington consensus, examining a paradox in charter cities and development, the politics of migration and the North American Free Trade Agreement, and politics of the agrarian question. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The Politics of Development: A Survey provides an overview of the intrinsically political relations of development. It brings together essays written by experts in the politics of development and covers a range of significant and topical concerns: gender, race, indigenous development, social movements, religion, security, environmental concerns, colonialism and its legacies, migration, the political economy of development, trajectories in urbanization, and the agrarian question. It introduces and examines key concepts and approaches which have underpinned development, as well as the struggles it has engendered historically, and in contemporary contexts. This volume provides critical insights into the global politics of development and offers alternative analytical frameworks for understanding the relationships around development and inequalities.
The Politics of Development: A Survey is organized in an accessible manner, catering to a wide audience (ranging from undergraduates at University level to practitioners and Non-Governmental Organizations [ NGOs] engaged in advocacy as well as practical political aspects), and provides introductions to key issues and themes around contemporary challenges and opportunities in development.
The title also includes an A-Z Glossary, covering key terms, organizations, concepts and actors in the politics of development.
