Whose Reality Counts? af Robert Chambers (Bog)

The Political Economy of Global Inequality This new edition of Development and Underdevelopment retains the strongest contributions of the previous three editions, but includes 12 new chapters that reflect the many seminal contributions made to the field in recent years. There are also two new sections: one addressing the historical origins of the gap between rich and poor countries, and one focusing on how globalization has affected the gap between countries and between the rich and poor within countries.The editors? short introduction to each selection, highlighting its significance, remains a key feature of the book. Forlag: Lynne Rienner Publishers Udgivelsesår: 2008 Sider: 437 Sprog: Engelsk

This text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to time and from place to place. Titel: Geographies of Development : An Introduction to Development Studies Forfattere: Robert B. Potter,Tony Binns,Jennifer A. Elliott,David Smith Udgave: 3. udgave Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies, Third Edition, remains a core, balanced, and comprehensive introductory textbook. It demonstrates the intricacies of development geography through key thinkers and critical debates, encouraging engagement with local, national, and global perspectives. Type: Paperback

Aid Understanding International Development Cooperation.

This textbook includes discussions of such topics as the environment, the debt case, export-led industrialisation, import substitution industrialisation, growth theory and technological capability. It covers Latin America, Africa, China and Asia. Forlag: Routledge Udgivelsesår: 2008 Sider: 613 Sprog: Engelsk

Summary: "Why did some countries grow rich while others remained poor? Tracing the long arc of human history from hunter gatherer societies to the early twenty first century, Andrew Brooks rejects popular explanations for the divergence of nations. This accessible and illuminating volume shows how the wealth of 2018the West2019 and poverty of 2018the rest2019 stem not from environmental factors or some unique European cultural, social or technological qualities, but from the expansion of colonialism and the rise of America. Brooks puts the case that international inequality was moulded by capitalist development over the last 500 years. The End of Development provides a compelling account of how human history unfolded differently in varied regions of the world. Brooks argues that we must now seize the opportunity afforded by today2019s changing economic geography to transform attitudes to

Bogen "Turen går til: En mindre skæv verden" præsenterer læseren for hverdagsliv og vilkår i udvalgte udviklingslande. Gennem tekster og fotografier skildres ulighed, fattigdom, arbejde, skolegang og familie- og landsbyliv, især i afrikanske lande. Bogen diskuterer også globalisering, handel, bistand og hvordan almindelige rejsende kan forholde sig til fattigdom og uretfærdighed, for eksempel gennem ansvarlig turisme, støtte til lokale projekter og engagement i udviklingsarbejde. Den er velegnet til læsere, der ønsker baggrundsviden før rejser, til undervisning i geografi, samfundsfag og global udvikling eller til generel samfundsorienteret læsning om, hvordan verden kan gøres mindre skæv. Type: Paperback Dansksproget rejse- og temabog i serien "Turen går til" fra Politikens Rejsebøger. Bogen har titlen "En mindre skæv verden" og sætter fokus på global ulighed, udviklingslande og hverdag

How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used Titel: Kicking away the ladder? : economic development in historical perspective Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative new study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessa