268 Pages
37 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
37 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
37 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Southeast Asia has long fascinated development practitioners and researchers for being one of the few regions of the world that has resisted global trends to become a successful developing region.
Divided into accessible thematic chapters, this book adopts a unique perspective of equitable development to outline the strengths and weaknesses of the transformations taking place in the Southeast... Read more
1. Introducing Southeast Asian Development 2. Setting the Scene for Development: Pre-Colonial and Colonial Southeast Asia 3. Economic Development 4. Political Development 5. Social Development 6. Transforming Urban Spaces 7. Transforming Rural Spaces 8. Transforming Natural Spaces 9. Towards Equitable Development 10. References
Biography
Andrew McGregor is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and previously worked for UNICEF Australia. His research focuses on the culture, power, and geography of foreign aid programmes in Southeast Asia.
"It has many strengths, such as the attention he gives to alternative theories of development, civil society, NGOs, gender matters, unions and class issues in development. None are presented dogmatically, but are instead explored to bring out the perspectives and undertanding of the marginal and the disenfranchised in both rural and urban areas...It is a concise, sweeping introduction with a development studies orientation overlapping with Asian studies. It will provide students with a sound introduction to Southeast Asia." -- Dean Forbes, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
