The most comprehensive introduction to international development, with chapters by leading experts who explore the field's most pressing issues and debates.

Introduction to International Development is a collection of contributed chapters comprised of original essays by leading experts from a variety of disciplines. With four new chapters and the most up-to-date content on the global COVID-19 pandemic, this fully revised edition continues to give students a foundational overview to the field as well as in-depth coverage of issues at the heart of today's most pressing international debates.

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Pierre Beaudet est professeur de l’École de développement international et mondialisation à l’Université d’Ottawa. Il a codirigé le manuel Introduction au développement international : Approches, acteurs et enjeux (Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2008). Ses travaux de recherche explorent les problématiques du développement et les impacts de la mondialisation dans plusieurs pays du tiers monde, notamment le Brésil, l'Inde, la Palestine, l'Afrique du Sud et le Niger.

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"This is a well-structured text with four key parts that are essential to understanding the multidisciplinary field of development studies: theory, stakeholders, issues and practice." --Jennifer Hsu, University of Nottingham

"I think the book does a great job of piquing the interests of students who maybe are only testing the waters of international development as well as those students already ready for relatively advanced topics." --Robert Aucoin, Queen's University

"There simply are no other textbooks worth using! I can't think of any that cover development studies so thoroughly. In my mind, the book stands out partly for its breadth and clear organization of that range of material, and also in being thoroughly rooted in the tradition of critical development studies, but without being polemical and while also giving adequate and respectful space to more mainstream approaches and ideas." --Simon Granovsky-Larsen, University of Regina