Routledge Handbook of African Development

Zusatztext "This Handbook represents a distinctively authoritative compendium of expertise addressing contemporary Africa. Attention focuses on the diverse conditions prevailing today! explanations of how they have arisen and are understood in theoretical and practical terms! and what future prospects are likely to hold. The attention to African perspectives! often distinguished from those of outsiders! as manifest in most development theory! international policy discourse and policy! is particularly welcome. The essays are clearly written and will provide an invaluable guide to those wishing to understand Africa and its place in the world." - David Simon! Director of Mistra Urban Futures! Chalmers! Gothenburg! Swedenand Professor of Development Geography! Royal Holloway! University of London! UK Informationen zum Autor Tony Binns, Kenneth Lynch, Etienne Nel Zusammenfassung Over 60 of the world’s leading scholar address key core themes and topics in an extensive critical new overview of African development – including sections on history, health and food, politics, economics, rural and urban development and development policy and practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors Section 1: Introduction and Context Section 2: History Section 3: Social Perspectives Section 4: Health Section 5: Environment Section 6: Development Issues Section 7: Rural Africa Section 8: Urban Africa Section 9: Africa’s Economies Section 10: Political Perspectives Section 11: Conclusion Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tony Lynch Binns
• Con la collaborazione di: Tony Binns (Editore), Binns Tony (Editore), Kenneth Lynch (Editore), Lynch Kenneth (Editore), Etienne Nel (Editore), Nel Etienne (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138890299
• ISBN: 978-1-138-89029-9
• Pagine: 724
• Serie: Routledge International Handbooks
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Africa, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Development Studies, Regional Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Development and environmental geography