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New Perspectives in International Development
Dr. Melissa Butcher
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Description for New Perspectives in International Development
Hardback. This volume examines some of the greatest challenges facing the twenty-first century: security and conflict, technological innovation, energy, resources and the environment. It provides grounding in current development politics and encourages readers to consider future development policy and international relations. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 271 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
New Perspectives in International Development focuses on the latest thinking in the field, moving the debate into areas such as the connection between security, conflict, and development, managing energy crises, the impact of environmental and climate change, and the role that technology can play in alleviating these challenges. The book explores the theme of development as a process of change; as historical transformation in relation to contested sites of power; it considers how human agency can affect change and the different scales, from the local to the transnational, at which change can occur. The interaction between these threads ... Read more
New Perspectives in International Development focuses on the latest thinking in the field, moving the debate into areas such as the connection between security, conflict, and development, managing energy crises, the impact of environmental and climate change, and the role that technology can play in alleviating these challenges. The book explores the theme of development as a process of change; as historical transformation in relation to contested sites of power; it considers how human agency can affect change and the different scales, from the local to the transnational, at which change can occur. The interaction between these threads ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780932439
SKU
V9781780932439
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Dr. Melissa Butcher
Melissa Butcher is Lecturer in the Department of Geography, The Open University, UK. Her previous books include Managing Cultural Change: Reclaiming Synchronicity in a Mobile World (2011). Theo Papaioannou is Senior Lecturer in the Development Policy and Practice Group, The Open University, UK. His previous books include (with Catherine Lyall and James Smith) The Limits to Governance (2009).
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