KEY ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES: From the Local to the Global

“Think global, act locally” is a phrase often used to describe the importance of popular activism and an awareness of the issues surrounding globalisation and development. This book is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to key concepts in development that are central to understanding the causes of poverty, inequality and injustice in the global North and South.
This second edition of the book contains new chapters on climate change, neoliberalism, child labour, popular movements in Latin America and the development process in Africa. Existing chapters have been revised and completely updated to analyse the impact of the global economic recession on international development.
Students of development studies and NGO practitioners will find this collection invaluable as they explore opportunities for study and fieldwork.
Contents
Part I: Development Discourse and Definitions
• Introduction / Setphen McCloskey
• Measuring Human Development / Andy Storey
• The Developing Globalisation of Justice / Paul Hainsworth
Part II: The Economics of Development
• Perspectives on Aid / Joanne McGarry
• Is Trade an Agent of Development? / Denis O’Hearn
• Illegitimate Debt / Nessa Ni Chasaide
Part III: Development Policy
• Climate Change and Development / Satish Kumar
• Europe, ‘Partnership’ and the Colonial Legacy / Gerard McCann
• Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa / Chrispin Matenga
• Gender and Development / Maeve Taylor
Part IV: Human Development
• Voices of Popular Power in Latin America / Ronaldo Munck
• Redefining Feuge / Anna Morvern
• Understanding and Dealing with Child Labour / Madeleine Leonard
• Development Education as an Agent of Social Change / Stephen McCloskey
• Conclusion