Building Development Studies for the New Millennium
Editors: Baud, I., Basile, E., Kontinen, T., von Itter, S. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Contributes to debates on current state and future visions of international development studies (IDS)
- Presents contributions of Anglophone, Francophone and Spanish-language social science traditions and academic communities in the global South by leading scholars in the field
- Discusses recent epistemological and ontological discussions on knowledges and qualities of engaged research
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- About this book
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This book brings together multiple critical assessments of the current state and future visions of global development studies. It examines how the field engages with new paradigms and narratives, methodologies and scientific impact, and perspectives from the Global South. The authors focus on social and democratic transformation, inclusive development and global environmental issues, and implications for research practices. Leading academics provide an excellent overview of recent insights for post-graduate students and scholars in these research areas.
- About the authors
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Isa Baud is Emeritus Professor of International Development Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Elisabetta Basile is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Tiina Kontinen is Senior Lecturer at the Master Degree Programme in Development and International Cooperation, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Susanne von Itter is Executive Director of EADI, Germany.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction: Reflecting on Development Studies in the New Millennium
Pages 1-22
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An Inclusive Development Perspective on Development Studies in the Anthropocene
Pages 25-50
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Development Studies in Spanish: A Critical and Constructive Response from the Peripheries
Pages 51-73
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Social Change and Democratic Forms: Revisiting the Contribution of the Francophone Literature on Development Studies
Pages 75-96
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Imagining Postcolonial-Development Studies: Reflections on Positionalities and Research Practices
Pages 97-116
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Building Development Studies for the New Millennium
- Editors
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- Isa Baud
- Elisabetta Basile
- Tiina Kontinen
- Susanne von Itter
- Series Title
- EADI Global Development Series
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-04052-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-04052-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-04051-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 406
- Number of Illustrations
- 7 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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