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The Short Guide to International Development

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4882-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Erscheinungstermin: 19.07.2022
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International development is a vibrant, interdisciplinary area of the social sciences. This Short Guide offers a uniquely succinct and balanced account of this politically charged subject.
Designed to introduce a wide readership to international development, the book:
• considers how far the field has been reconfigured over time and to what extent it is likely to change in the future;
• reviews contemporary topics, including tourism, migration and digital technologies;
• includes distinctive international case studies and examples.

Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781447348825
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-4473-4882-5
  • Verlag: Bristol University Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 19.07.2022
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2022
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 282 g
  • Seiten: 264
  • Format (B x H x T): 128 x 198 x 26 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Sage, Nick

Nick Sage is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Northampton.

Part I: Debating development
1. Introduction: international development in the 21st century
2. The challenge of development: from economic to sustainable development
3. From the Third World to the Global South: mapping and measuring development
4. Theories of development: from modernisation to post-development and beyond
5. Globalisation and the dilemmas of development: is globalisation good or bad for the Global South?
Part II: Development challenges
6. Population, food and famine: where are we now?
7. Poverty and Inequality: the key challenges for development
8. Health and education: moving towards healthy human development
9. Looking to the future: digital technology, a green environment and gender equality
10. Conclusion: making international development sustainable