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Informationen zum Autor Professor Rob Potter is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Reading. His research and teaching interests span development geography and development studies; urban geography; return migration; transnationality and issues of identity. He is author of the texts Key Concepts in Development Geography (Sage, 2012), Geographies of Development (Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008), The Companion to Development Studies (Hodder, 2008), Doing Development Research (Sage, 2006) and The Contemporary Caribbean, Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2005). He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary journal Progress in Development Studies and is currently a member of the International Editorial Boards of the journals Third World Quarterly, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, and Blackwell Geography Compass. Rob Potter was elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2006 and in 2007 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University of Reading, in recognition of his contributions to the fields of Geographies of Development and Urban Geography. Dennis Conway is Emeritus Professor in Geography at Indiana University. Dr Ruth Evans is Associate Professor in Geography at the University of Reading. Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans is Professor in Geography at the University of Reading. Klappentext An accessible and thought-provoking survey of this vast field. Emphasising the underlying concepts students need to understand and authored by world-renowned experts. Zusammenfassung An accessible and thought-provoking survey of this vast field. Emphasising the underlying concepts students need to understand and authored by world-renowned experts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Understanding Development Introduction Meanings of Development Measuring Development Space and Development Defining and Measuring Poverty The Millennium Development Goals Theory and Practice of Development Introduction Modernity, Modernization, Postmodernism and Post-Structuralism Radical Approaches to Development Neo-Liberalism and Globalization The Development Programmes of Global Institutions Sustainable Development and Environmental Sustainability Work, Employment and Development Introduction Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable Communities Industrialization and the New International Division of Labour Decent Work, Risk and the Informal Sector The Digital Economy and New Spaces of Work Global Trade, Aid and Regulation People, Culture and Development Introduction Gender, Households and Development Children, Youth and Development Health, Disability and Development Sexualities and Development Ageing and Development Contemporary Issues in Development Introduction Culture and Human Rights Civil Society, Social Capital and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Migration, Transnationalism and Development Tobin-Type Taxes ...
List of contents
Introduction
Understanding Development
Introduction
Meanings of Development
Measuring Development
Space and Development
Defining and Measuring Poverty
The Millennium Development Goals
Theory and Practice of Development
Introduction
Modernity, Modernization, Postmodernism and Post-Structuralism
Radical Approaches to Development
Neo-Liberalism and Globalization
The Development Programmes of Global Institutions
Sustainable Development and Environmental Sustainability
Work, Employment and Development
Introduction
Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable Communities
Industrialization and the New International Division of Labour
Decent Work, Risk and the Informal Sector
The Digital Economy and New Spaces of Work
Global Trade, Aid and Regulation
People, Culture and Development
Introduction
Gender, Households and Development
Children, Youth and Development
Health, Disability and Development
Sexualities and Development
Ageing and Development
Contemporary Issues in Development
Introduction
Culture and Human Rights
Civil Society, Social Capital and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Migration, Transnationalism and Development
Tobin-Type Taxes
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An excellent and supremely accessible guide to some key issues in development geograpy. Stuart Corbridge
