Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies

The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies offers a critical perspective on development, challenging mainstream discourse and proposing systemic change and alternative pathways. It includes new chapters on philanthropy, race, the energy transition, Indigenous resistance and resilience, and global health, expanded global coverage, and pedagogical features. It is essential reading for students and researchers in global development, political science, sociology, economics, gender studies, geography, history, anthropology, agrarian studies, international political economy, and area studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 412 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies is a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the field, challenging mainstream development discourse and the assumptions that underlie it. It provides an up-to-date and critical analysis of the economic, political, social, and environmental crises that characterize the current global capitalist system, proposing instead systemic change and different pathways for moving beyond capitalism into a new world of genuine progress where economic and social justice and ecological integrity prevail. The book challenges market-driven, neoliberal development agendas, incorporating analyses of class, gender, race, and the dynamics of uneven capitalist development. It includes 18 new chapters, expanded global coverage, a new section on resistance and alternatives, and additional pedagogical features such as a glossary of key terms, discussion questions, and expanded guides for further reading. This textbook is essential reading for students of global development, political science, sociology, economics, gender studies, geography, history, anthropology, agrarian studies, international political economy, and area studies. It will also be an important resource for development researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

Weight: 796g
Dimension: 175 x 246 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367478858
Edition number: 2 New edition