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Introduction to International Development 2e / Making Sense in the Social Sciences Pack

Approaches, Actors, and Issues, Second Edition

edited by Paul Haslam, Jessica Schafer & Pierre Beaudet

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2013
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780199009459
    Publish Date
    Jun 2013
    List Price
    $86.96

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Description

Introduction to International Development is a collection of original essays by leading experts from disciplines as varied as geography, history, sociology, political science, economics, women's studies, and anthropology. Contributed chapters present foundational overviews as well as in-depthcoverage of issues at the heart of today's most pressing international debates - from intensifying environmental threats as we near the expiry of the Kyoto Protocol to the ongoing social and political turmoil in Afghanistan. Fully updated and revised, this second edition features a new chapter onurban development and a new epilogue, along with a fresh, student-friendly design that is sure to engage students in the study of international development.

About the authors

Paul A. Haslam est professeur agrégé de l’École de développement international et de mondialisation (ÉDIM) de l’Université d’Ottawa. Il est codirecteur, avec Pierre Beaudet, de l’ouvrage Introduction au développement international, approches, acteurs et enjeux (PUO) ; en 2012, il a été codirecteur de la version anglaise, Introduction to International Development: Approaches, Actors and Issues (Oxford University Press).

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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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Editorial Reviews

"The text possesses excellent breadth. . . . I especially appreciate the inclusion of the new chapter on urban development." --J. Andrew Grant, Queen's University

"Each of the chapters tackles an important and pertinent topic and does so in a critical light. . . . An excellent contribution to the field and a strong reference for students." --Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, University of Guelph