Building Development Studies for the New Millennium

ISBN-13: 9783030040512 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 406 str.

Isa Baud; Elisabetta Basile; Tiina Kontinen

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Reflecting on Development Studies in the new Millennium 

Elisabetta Basile and Isa Baud

Part I Narratives and Paradigms 

2. An Inclusive Development perspective on Development Studies in the Anthropocene 

Joyeeta Gupta, Michaela Hordijk and Courtney Vegelin

 

3. Development Studies in Spanish: a critical and constructive response from the peripheries

Rogelio Madrueño and Pablo Martínez-Osés

4. Social change and democratic forms: revisiting the contribution of the francophone literature on Development Studies

Christine Lutringer

5. Imagining Postcolonial-Development Studies – reflections on positionalities and research practices 

Julia Schöneberg

Part II Perspectives on Knowledges

6. Engaged excellence in Development Studies

Katy Oswald, Melissa Leach and John Gaventa

7. ‘Transformation’ in Development Studies: across disciplines, knowledge hierarchies and oceanic spaces

Henryk Alff and Anna-Katharina Hornidge

8. Making the most of knowledge for development and Development Studies

Mike Powell and Sarah Cummings

Part III: Scientific Impact and Methodologies

9. Analysing the scientific impact of Development Studies: challenges for the future 

Sergio Tezanos and Carmen Trueba

10. Novel perceptions on Development Studies: international review and consultations toward a renewed vision 

Joost Mönks, Gilles Carbonnier, Aude Mellet and Leo de Haan

11. Methodologies in Development Studies: an overview 

Laura Camfield

Part IV:  Southern (Challenging) Voices and Themes in Development Studies

12. Knowledge production, ownership, and powers of definition: perspectives on and from Sub-Saharan Africa 

Henning Melber

13. Working towards a shared vision on Development Studies in India and The Netherlands

 Amrita Chhachhi, Inge Hutter, Sumangala Damodaran and Isa Baud 

14. Development Studies in Tanzania: historical trajectory and future visions 

Adalgot Komba, Tiina Kontinen and Colman Msoka

 

15. The Relevance of environmental research for Development Studies 

Imme Scholz

16. What a gender lens brings to Development Studies

Wendy Harcourt

 

17. Saving the planet by design: for an environmentally and socially sound development approach to urbanization

Pietro Garau

O autorze

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.

Blurb

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.

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.