ABSTRACT

The Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies. Over 100 international experts have been brought together to present a comprehensive overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies.



Building on the success of the first edition, the second edition of the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes new chapters on a range of topics, including ageing, culture and development, corruption and development and global terrorism. Each chapter summarises current debates and provides guidance for further reading and research.
The Companion to Development Studies is indispensable for students of development studies at all levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate and beyond, in departments of development studies, geography, politics, international relations, sociology, social anthropology and economics.

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 1|4 pages

3 The impasse in development studies

chapter 1|4 pages

4 Post-development

chapter 1|5 pages

6 The measurement of poverty

chapter 1|7 pages

7 The Millennium Development Goals

chapter 1|3 pages

8 Development and economic growth

chapter 1|5 pages

10 Participatory development

chapter 1|4 pages

11 Culture and development

chapter 1|6 pages

13 The Labour Party and development

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 2|4 pages

2 Enlightenment and the era of modernity

chapter 2|4 pages

9 Indigenous knowledge and development

chapter 2|4 pages

10 Agropolitan and bottom-up development

chapter 2|4 pages

11 Community participation in development

chapter 2|5 pages

12 Postmodernism and development

chapter 2|5 pages

13 Post-colonialism

chapter 2|3 pages

14 Responsibility to distant others

chapter 2|4 pages

15 Social capital and development

chapter 2|5 pages

16 Social exclusion and development

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 3|4 pages

1 Rural poverty

chapter 3|5 pages

2 Rural livelihoods

chapter 3|5 pages

3 Food security

chapter 3|4 pages

4 Rural cooperatives

chapter 3|4 pages

5 Land reform

chapter 3|5 pages

6 Agricultural sustainability

chapter 3|6 pages

7 GM crops and development

chapter 3|5 pages

8 Famine

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 4|5 pages

5 Free trade and fair trade

chapter 4|6 pages

6 Pro-poor globalization

chapter 4|4 pages

7 Migration and transnationalism

chapter 4|9 pages

8 The informal sector and employment

chapter 4|4 pages

9 Child labour

chapter 4|6 pages

10 Irregular migrant workers

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 5|4 pages

2 Urban bias

chapter 5|5 pages

3 World cities and development

chapter 5|5 pages

5 Housing the urban poor

chapter 5|4 pages

7 Rural-urban interaction

chapter 5|5 pages

8 Transport and urban development

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 6|3 pages

1 Sustainable development

chapter 6|6 pages

2 Climate change and development

chapter 6|4 pages

3 The Rio Earth Summit

chapter 6|4 pages

5 The brown environmental agenda

chapter 6|5 pages

6 Vulnerability and disasters

chapter 6|4 pages

7 Development and biological diversity

chapter 6|8 pages

8 Water management and development

chapter 6|7 pages

9 Energy and development

chapter 6|7 pages

10 Tropical moist forests and development

chapter 6|3 pages

11 Tourism and the environment

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 7|3 pages

1 Women and the state

chapter 7|5 pages

2 Gender, families and households

chapter 7|4 pages

4 Rethinking gender and empowerment

chapter 7|6 pages

5 Gender and globalization

chapter 7|4 pages

6 Gender and structural adjustment

chapter 7|4 pages

7 Gender, technology and livelihoods

chapter 7|5 pages

8 Women and political representation

chapter 7|5 pages

10 Reproductive and sexual rights

chapter 7|7 pages

11 Indigenous fertility control

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

part |2 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 9|5 pages

1 Gender- and age-based violence

chapter 9|4 pages

2 Conflict, development and aid

chapter 9|4 pages

3 Refugees

chapter 9|6 pages

4 Humanitarian aid

chapter 9|4 pages

10 Faith and development

chapter 9|6 pages

12 Corruption and development

chapter |4 pages

Editorial introduction

chapter 10|5 pages

1 Foreign aid in a changing world

chapter 10|3 pages

2 Third World debt

chapter 10|5 pages

3 Aid conditionality

chapter 10|4 pages

7 NGOs and the state

chapter 10|4 pages

10 Public–private partnerships

chapter 10|5 pages

12 The World Bank and NGOs

chapter 10|5 pages

16 Universal rights