Reclaiming value in international development
Subtitle: the moral dimensions of development policy and practice in poor countries
By: Chloe Schwenke.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780313363320; 9780313363344
Subjects: Economic development -- Developing countries -- Moral and ethical aspects; Social justice -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Economic policy
Description: "This is the first book to bridge the divide between ethics and development from the perspective of a seasoned development practitioner who is also a trained ethicist. Schwenke formally enlarges the concept of development to include its moral dimension, to denote beneficial change that alleviates human misery and environmental degradation in poor countries and reinforces universal ethical norms such as human dignity, essential freedoms, social justice, peace, civic virtue, human flourishing, the common good, gender equality, safety and security, and participation and inclusion. She applies this ethically expanded concept to nine key topics in international development: education, leadership, procurement, food security, conflict, urbanization, gender identity and sexual orientation, deliberative participation, and the measurement of ethical performance. Throughout the book, the author draws on her thirty years of experience as a development practitioner in thirty poor countries around the world to give vivid, real-life illustrations of the classic moral dilemmas in development ethics and to show how moral reasoning can clarify and resolve them."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Education; title: Leadership; title: Participation; title: Corruption and integrity; title: Hunger; title: Conflict; title: Urbanization; title: Minorities; title: Ethical performance.