From the local to the global
Subtitle: key issues in development studies
By: edited by Gerard McCann and Stephen McCloskey
Contributors: McCann, Gerard; McCloskey, Stephen
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Economic development; Economic assistance; Debts, External; Development economics
Description: This is an introduction to concepts in development which are central to understanding the causes of poverty, inequality and injustice in developed and developing countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Development issues and definitions. Measuring development / Andy Storey; title: The colonial legacy and the European response / Gerard McCann; title: Towards the globalisation of justice : an international criminal court / Paul Hainsworth; title: Women and development : examining gender issues in developing countries / Madeleine Leonard; title: pt. 2. Aid and trade. Perspectives on aid : benefits, deficits and strategies / Maura Leen; title: Is trade an agent of development? / Denis O'Hearn; title: Building a global security environment / Purnaka L. de Silva; title: pt. 3. Debt and poverty. Debt : cancellation by instalments / Jean Somers; title: Child poverty and development / Paula Rogers and Eimear Flanagan; title: Education as an agent of social change / Stephen McCloskey; title: pt. 4. The global cost of development. Asylum seekers, refugees, and racism / Iris Teichmann; title: The environmental costs of development / Mary Louise Malig; title: Globalisation and development : charting the future / Gerard McCann