Full Description
"Think global, act locally" is a phrase often used to describe the importance of popular activism and an awareness of the issues surrounding globalisation and development. This book is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to key concepts in development that are central to understanding the causes of poverty, inequality and injustice in the global North and South.This second edition of the book contains new chapters on climate change, neoliberalism, child labour, popular movements in Latin America and the development process in Africa. Existing chapters have been revised and completely updated to analyse and reflect upon the impact of the global economic recession on international development.Students of development studies and NGO practitioners will find this collection invaluable as they explore opportunities for study and fieldwork.
Contents
AcknowledgementsContentsAbbreviationsPart I Development Discourse and Definitions1. Introduction - Recasting Development in a Changing Global EconomyStephen McCloskey Centre for Global Education 2. Measuring Human Development Andy Storey Development Studies Centre 3. The Developing Globalisation of Justice - The ICC at a CrossroadsPaul Hainsworth University of UlsterPart IIThe Economics of Development4. Perspectives on Aid - Analysing the SystemJoanne McGarry, Trocaire 5. Is Trade an Agent of Development? Denis O'Hearn Queen's University Belfast and Binghampton University, New York6. Illegitimate Debt - An 'Unfashionable' Financial CrisisNessa Ni ChasaideDebt and Development CampaignPart IIIDevelopment Policy7. Climate Change and DevelopmentSatish KumarSchool of Geography, Queen's University Belfast8. Europe, 'Partnership' and the Colonial LegacyGerard McCann St Mary's University College, Queen's University Belfast9. Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa - A Goal Too Far?Chrispin MatengaUniversity of Zambia10. Gender and Development Maeve Taylor BanulachtPart IVHuman Development11. Voices of Popular Power in Latin AmericaRonaldo MunckDublin City University12. Redefining Refuge - The Shifting Status of the Refugee Anna Morvern Immigration Advisor13. Understanding and Dealing with Child Labour - Problems and ProspectsMadeleine LeonardQueen's University Belfast14. Development Education as an Agent of Social Change - The Theory and PracticeStephen McCloskey Centre for Global Education 15. Conclusion - Development in the Face of Neoliberal Economic StrategiesGerard McCannSt Mary's University College, Queen's University Belfast Notes on AuthorsIndex
