1st Edition

Development as Theory and Practice Current Perspectives on Development and Development Co-operation

By David Simon, Anders Narman Copyright 1999
294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

The first book in the DARG series, Development as Theory and Practice provides the only student textbook which addresses broad contemporary perspectives and debates on development and development cooperation. It introduces the notions of development and what it means from different perspectives i.e. from the point of view of academics in the wake of the New World Order, regional specialists... Read more
1. Introduction: Rethinking Development 2. Development Reconsidered: Current Developments in Development Thinking 3. Studying Development: a Third World Student's View 4. Contextualising Professional Interaction in Anglo-African Human Geography 5. Ground Truthing and the Place of the Area Specialist in Development Studies 6. Rethinking Development in India: the Perspective Crisis and Prospects  Reconstructing Development Assistance and Development Co-operation 7. The Changing Theory and Practice of Development Assistance since World War II 8. Policy and Process in Multilateral Aid: Healthy Cities in Developing Countries 9. The S.E. Asian Transitional Economies and International Agencies 10. Continuity and Change in the Dutch-Malinke Bilateral Aid Relationship 11. Norwegian People's Aid: Popular Organisations and Local Power 12. Conclusions 13. Conclusions and Prospects

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David Simon, Anders Narman