ABSTRACT
The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies provides an up-to-date and authoritative introduction to the field, challenging mainstream development discourse and the assumptions that underlie it.
Critical development studies lays bare the economic, political, social, and environmental crises that characterise the current global capitalist system, proposing instead systemic change and different pathways for moving beyond capitalism into a new world of genuine progress where economic and social justice and ecological integrity prevail. In this book, the authors challenge market-driven, neoliberal development agendas, incorporating analyses of class, gender, race, and the dynamics of uneven capitalist development. This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition includes:
• 18 new chapters, including on topics such as philanthrocapitalism, race, the energy transition, Indigenous resistance and resilience, and global health
• Expanded global coverage, including new chapters on South Africa, North Africa, and the Gulf Arab states
• A new section on resistance and alternatives
• Additional pedagogical features, including a glossary of key terms, discussion questions, and expanded guides for further reading.
This textbook will be essential reading for students of global development, political science, sociology, economics, gender studies, geography, history, anthropology, agrarian studies, international political economy, and area studies. It will also be an important resource for development researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |10 pages
Critical development studies
chapter 1|8 pages
Introduction to critical development studies
part I|10 pages
History as development
part II|44 pages
Thinking critically about development
part III|46 pages
System dynamics
part IV|34 pages
Policy configurations for development
part V|34 pages
Inside the BRICS
part VI|43 pages
Poverty, inequalities, and development dynamics
chapter 22|8 pages
The dynamics of poverty production
part VII|41 pages
Capital, labour and the state
part VIII|35 pages
Dynamics of agrarian change and urban development
part IX|34 pages
Development, climate change, and the environment
part X|48 pages
Resistances and alternatives
part |9 pages
Conclusion