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Poverty and Development Tim Allen (Development Studies Institute, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics)

Poverty and Development By Tim Allen (Development Studies Institute, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics)

Poverty and Development by Tim Allen (Development Studies Institute, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics)

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Summary

Aims to help students of development economics, international politics, history, geography, and anthropology to see through over-simple analyses and solutions to understand what is perhaps the world's most complex and pressing problem area. Each chapter introduces the student to a key topic, using questions, diagrams, tables, and photographs.

Poverty and Development Summary

Poverty and Development by Tim Allen (Development Studies Institute, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics)

This is the second edition of the immensely successful international text Poverty and Development in the 1990s. Each chapter introduces the student to a key topic, and is written by a specialist in the field. learning aids include: chapter questions summaries key concepts photographs, cartoons, and maps lists of acronyms, abbreviations, and organizations

Poverty and Development Reviews

Excellent guide to development issues, Philip O'Brien, University of Glasgow
Clear, well laid out; up to date references. Includes key authors; good mixture of text and illustrations Dr A Bee, University of Leicester

About Tim Allen (Development Studies Institute, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics)

?Tim Allen is Lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Economics, London School of Economics. Alan Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Systems at the Open University

Table of Contents

PART 1:CONCEPTIONS OF POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT; 1 POVERTY AND THE 'END OF DEVELOPMENT' ALAN THOMAS; 2 MEANINGS AND VIEWS OF DEVELOPMENT ALAN THOMAS; PART 2:A WORLD OF PROBLEMS?; PART 3: THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION?; 15 THE SECOND 'GREAT TRANSFORMATION'? CAPITALISM AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY JOHN HARRISS; PART 4: UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT NOW; 16 SUSTAINABLE GLOBALIZATION? THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND EXCLUSION IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER ANTHONY MCGREW; PART 5: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT; 22 GENETIC ENGINEERING OF DEVELOPMENT? MYTHS AND POSSIBILITIES JOANNA CHATAWAY, LES LEVIDOW AND SUSAN CARR; 23 THE NEW POLITICS OF IDENTITY TIM ALLEN AND JOHN EADE; 24 INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: PROSPECTS AND DILEMMAS JOANNA CHATAWAY AND TIM ALLEN

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GOR001385061
9780198776260
0198776268
Poverty and Development by Tim Allen (Development Studies Institute, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics)
Tim Allen (Development Studies Institute, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics)
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Oxford University Press
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