2nd Edition
Development In Theory And Practice Paradigms And Paradoxes, Second Edition
By Jan Knippers Black
Copyright 1999
330 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
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As wealthy countries focus more attention on the ravages of poverty and maldistribution of the world's resources, the rationales for what is or is not done in the name of ?development? have become more elaborate and abstract. And as the literature has proliferated, communication among those who approach development from different perspectives, disciplines, and professions has become more strained.... Read more
* Introduction: In Pursuit of Appropriate Theory Development In Theory: Meanings And Models * Defining Development and Its Nemesis * Explaining Development: Theories and Models * Measurements and Findings Development In Practice: Actors and Strategies * Donor Strategies and Programs * Third World Strategies * Political Counterparts and Consequences Development in Focus: Contemporary Issues and Themes * Development and the Gender Gap * The Fragile Economy of Mother Earth * Food Insecurity: Cocaine and Other Cash Crops * The Homeless, the Stateless, and the Indigenous * Macrodebt and Microcredit The Process and the Protagonists: Paradoxes of Development * The Process: Games Developers Play * The Protagonists: Donors, Clients, and Field Agents * On Motives and Consequences * Conclusion: Leaning on the Limits
Biography
Jan Knippers Black
