Building Development Studies for the New Millennium

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Baud, Isa (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Basile, Elisabetta (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kontinen, Tiina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), von Itter, Susanne (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: EADI Global Development Series
• Θέματα: Economic development.; Social change.; Economic development-Environmental aspects.; Africa-Politics and government.; Municipal government.; Development and Social Change.; Development and Post-Colonialism.; Development and Sustainability.; African Politics.; Urban Politics.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: Reflecting on Development Studies in the new Millennium
• 2. An Inclusive Development perspective on Development Studies in the Anthropocene
• 3. Development Studies in Spanish: a critical and constructive response from the peripheries
• 4. Social change and democratic forms: revisiting the contribution of the francophone literature on Development Studies
• 5. Imagining Postcolonial-Development Studies - reflections on positionalities and research practices
• 6. Engaged excellence in Development Studies
• 7. 'Transformation' in Development Studies: across disciplines, knowledge hierarchies and oceanic spaces
• 8. Making the most of knowledge for development and Development Studies
• 9. Analysing the scientific impact of Development Studies: challenges for the future
• 10. Novel perceptions on Development Studies: international review and consultations toward a renewed vision
• 11. Methodologies in Development Studies: an overview
• 12. Knowledge production, ownership, and powers of definition: perspectives on and from Sub-Saharan Africa
• 13. Working towards a shared vision on Development Studies in India and The Netherlands
• 14. Development Studies in Tanzania: historical trajectory and future visions
• 15. The Relevance of environmental research for Development Studies
• 16. What a gender lens brings to Development Studies
• 17. Saving the planet by design: for an environmentally and socially sound development approach to urbanization.