Challenging Global Inequality: Development Theory and Practice in the 21st Century
- ISBN-10
- 0230208401
- ISBN-13
- 9780230208407
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-01-16
- Publisher
- Macmillan International Higher Education
- Authors
- David Hulme, Mark Turner, Alastair Greig
Description
This major new text on development theory and practice takes as its starting point the challenge of overcoming global poverty and inequality. It traces the origins of the idea of Development Studies and introduces the main methodologies and theories of development, and examines the challenges of the twenty-first century. Also available is a companion website with extra features to accompany the text, please take a look by clicking below - http://www.palgrave.com/politics/greig/
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