Development as Theory and Practice

Taylor & Francis

First volume in a series of comprehensive texts which address both recent developments and important theoretical debates in the field of Development Studies. This text provides the only student textbook which addresses broad contemporary perspectives and debates on development and development cooperation. > \nThe first book in the DARG series,Development as Theory and Practice provides the only student textbook which addresses broad contemporary perspectives and debates on development and development cooperation. It introduces the notions of development and what it means from different perspectives i.e. from the point of view of academics in the wake of the New World Order, regional specialists detached from the field, Third World students of development, and development practitioners. The second part of the book focuses on development aid and examines the changing relationship between donors and recipients, and the effects of these relationships on the wider communities in these s