The Companion To Development Studies By Taylor & Francis Ltd
(Paperback, 2014)

The Companion to Development Studies contains over a hundred chapters written by leading international experts within the field to provide a concise and authoritative overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies Covering a wide range of disciplines the book is divided into ten sections each prefaced by a section introduction written by the editors The sections cover the nature of development theories and strategies of development globalization and development rural development urbanization and development environment and development gender health and education the political economy of violence and insecurity and governance and development This third edition has been extensively updated and contains 45 new contributions from leading
authorities dealing with pressing contemporary issues such as race and development ethics and development BRICs and development global financial crisis the knowledge based economy and digital divide food security GM crops comparative urbanism cities and crime energy water hydropolitics climate change disability fragile states global war on terror ethnic conflict legal rights to development ecosystems services for development just to name a few Existing chapters have been thoroughly revised to include cutting-edge developments and to present updated further reading and websites The Companion to Development Studies presents concise overviews providing a gateway to further reading and a flexible resource for teaching and learning It has established a role as essential reading for all students
of development studies as well as those in cognate areas of geography international relations politics sociology anthropology and economics