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Informationen zum Autor Des Gasper is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, a centre of development studies where he is currently Dean of teaching. He is co-author (with Raymond Apthorpe) of Arguing Development Policy (Frank Cass, 1996). Klappentext An introduction to the field of ethics and development for students and practitioners. Development ethics is concerned with major socio-economic change: *the meanings given to societal development *the types, distribution and significance of its costs and gains *value-conscious ways of thinking about and choosing between alternative paths and destinations. It helps in identifying, considering and making ethical choices about societal development and in identifying and assessing the explicit and implicit ethical theories.This book focuses on clarifying what is meant by "development". Its central thread is the reassessment of economic growth, asking who benefits? The author considers why economic growth and respect for diversity are widely seen to be good. and examines the moral implications of this view, drawing on the ideas of Len Doyal, Ian Gough, Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen. Dealing carefully and sympathetically with a range of viewpoints, the book aims to present them in a way that contributes to intelligently selective use of them and to their improvement. Key Features Provides case studies on famine and other emergencies, land alienation and land reform, industrialisation, globalisation, international debt, colonialism, post-colonialism, international aid, health and malnutrition, violence, forced displacement, and gender equity Areas covered in the case studies include: Zimbabwe, India, sub-Saharan Africa (Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Ghana, Sudan), South Asia (Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), and IrelandPlaces emphasis on probing and clarifying the meanings, uses and areas of relevance of key concepts including 'development', 'efficiency', 'effectiveness', 'equity', 'needs', 'freedom', 'choices', 'culture' and 'community' Pedagogical features include easy-to-grasp tables and figures, discussion questions and suggestions for further reading Offers a self-contained introduction to development ethics aimed at undergraduates, professionals and the general reader Includes a discussion of what ethics is and what methods it can use Individual chapters are ideal as the main teaching material for sessions with an emphasis on participatory discussion Zusammenfassung A self-contained introduction to the field of ethics and development for students! practitioners and the general reader. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. What is the Ethics of Development?; 1.1. Why Development Ethics? Cases and Questions; Extreme poverty amidst immense riches; Health and sickness, needs and profits; Towards a 'calculus of pain': recognising varieties of suffering and violence; The infliction of costs on the weak: the examples of dams, famines, debt, and structural adjustment; Global obligations and universal values?; What is development?; 1.2. What? On Meanings and Agenda; The core agenda of development ethics; Emergence and contributors; Definitions; 1.3. How? On Methods and Roles; Methods; Possible roles of development ethics; Global or Southern?; 2. The Meaning of 'Development'; 2.1. Purposes and Themes; 2.2. Ahistorical Definitions; Usages across the disciplines; Usages in development studies; 2.3. Historically Specific Conceptions Of Development: On Change, Intervention and Progress; 2.4. On Improvement: Issues in Normative Ahistorical Definition; Development as opportunity or as achievement?; Universalism and relativism; Commonality?; 2.5. Conclusion; 3. 'Efficiency & Effectiveness'; - Mainstream Development Evaluation in Theory & Practice; 3.1. Introduction: Mainstream Value Positions, and Alternatives; 3.2. Effectiveness Towards What and For Whom?; Effectiveness towards what?; Effectiveness...
