Building Development Studies for the New Millennium

✍ Scribed by Isa Baud, Elisabetta Basile, Tiina Kontinen, Susanne von Itter

Publisher: Springer International Publishing,Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 414
Series: EADI Global Development Series
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book brings together multiple critical assessments of the current state and future visions of global development studies. It examines how the field engages with new paradigms and narratives, methodologies and scientific impact, and perspectives from the Global South. The authors focus on social and democratic transformation, inclusive development and global environmental issues, and implications for research practices. Leading academics provide an excellent overview of recent insights for post-graduate students and scholars in these research areas.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
Introduction: Reflecting on Development Studies in the New Millennium (Elisabetta Basile, Isa Baud)....Pages 1-22
Front Matter ....Pages 23-23
An Inclusive Development Perspective on Development Studies in the Anthropocene (Joyeeta Gupta, Michaela Hordijk, Courtney Vegelin)....Pages 25-50
Development Studies in Spanish: A Critical and Constructive Response from the Peripheries (Rogelio Madrueño, Pablo Martínez-Osés)....Pages 51-73
Social Change and Democratic Forms: Revisiting the Contribution of the Francophone Literature on Development Studies (Christine Lutringer)....Pages 75-96
Imagining Postcolonial-Development Studies: Reflections on Positionalities and Research Practices (Julia Schöneberg)....Pages 97-116
Front Matter ....Pages 117-117
Engaged Excellence in Development Studies (Katy Oswald, Melissa Leach, John Gaventa)....Pages 119-139
‘Transformation’ in International Development Studies: Across Disciplines, Knowledge Hierarchies and Oceanic Spaces (Henryk Alff, Anna-Katharina Hornidge)....Pages 141-161
Making the Most of Knowledge for Development and Development Studies (Mike Powell, Sarah Cummings)....Pages 163-187
Front Matter ....Pages 189-189
Analysing the Scientific Impact of Development Studies: Challenges for the Future (Sergio Tezanos, Carmen Trueba)....Pages 191-216
Novel Perceptions on Development Studies: International Review and Consultations Toward a Renewed Vision (Joost Mönks, Gilles Carbonnier, Aude Mellet, Leo de Haan)....Pages 217-241
Methodologies in Development Studies: An Overview (Laura Camfield)....Pages 243-262
Front Matter ....Pages 263-263
Knowledge Production, Ownership and the Power of Definition: Perspectives on and from Sub-Saharan Africa (Henning Melber)....Pages 265-287
Working Towards a Shared Vision on Development Studies in India and The Netherlands (Amrita Chhachhi, Inge Hutter, Sumangala Damodaran, Isa Baud)....Pages 289-313
Development Studies in Tanzania: Historical Trajectory and Future Visions (Adalgot Komba, Tiina Kontinen, Colman Msoka)....Pages 315-336
The Relevance of Environmental Research for Development Studies (Imme Scholz)....Pages 337-359
What a Gender Lens Brings to Development Studies (Wendy Harcourt)....Pages 361-380
Saving the Planet by Design: For an Environmentally and Socially Sound Development Approach to Urbanization (Pietro Garau)....Pages 381-395
Back Matter ....Pages 397-406

✦ Subjects

Political Science and International Relations; Development and Social Change; Development and Post-Colonialism; Development and Sustainability; African Politics; Urban Politics

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