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New Perspectives in International Development Melissa Butcher

New Perspectives in International Development By Dr. Melissa Butcher (Lecturer in Geography, The Open University)

New Perspectives in International Development by Melissa Butcher


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This volume examines some of the greatest challenges facing the twenty-first century: security and conflict, technological innovation, energy, resources and the environment. It provides grounding in current development politics and encourages readers to consider future development policy and international relations.

New Perspectives in International Development Summary

New Perspectives in International Development by Melissa Butcher

New Perspectives in International Development focuses on the latest thinking in the field, moving the debate into areas such as the connection between security, conflict, and development, managing energy crises, the impact of environmental and climate change, and the role that technology can play in alleviating these challenges. The book explores the theme of development as a process of change; as historical transformation in relation to contested sites of power; it considers how human agency can affect change and the different scales, from the local to the transnational, at which change can occur. The interaction between these threads highlights the complex processes involved in international development that cannot be understood in isolation. Writers bring their own theoretical and empirical tools from social sciences including geography, politics, economics and environmental science. Chapters move from the theoretical to include case studies, placing theory in the context of the deliberate actions of people to improve their lives. The book concludes by suggesting possible ways forward to link development theories, models and practices. New Perspectives in International Development is the second of two books in The Open University's International Development series.

About Melissa Butcher

Melissa Butcher is Lecturer in the Department of Geography, The Open University, UK. Her previous books include Managing Cultural Change: Reclaiming Synchronicity in a Mobile World (2011). Theo Papaioannou is Senior Lecturer in the Development Policy and Practice Group, The Open University, UK. His previous books include (with Catherine Lyall and James Smith) The Limits to Governance (2009).

Table of Contents

Introduction Fear and Development Wars, States and Development Human Security or Human Development in a World of States? Solidarity, Sovereignty and Intervention Vulnerability in a World Risk Society Perspectives on Development, Technology and the Environment The Challenge for Environment, Development, and Sustainability in China Environment, Inequality and the Internal Contradictions of Globalisation Climate Change: Causes and Consequences for Development Making International Development Personal Conclusion

Additional information

GOR005105464
9781780932514
1780932510
New Perspectives in International Development by Melissa Butcher
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2012-12-06
240
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