Overview
- Examines both theoretical and practical aspects of development
- Includes case studies that illustrate the main development doctrines, broadening your understanding of the history of development
- Challenges the notion that outcomes of development are predictable, encouraging practitioners to use development doctrines flexibly based on the requirements of specific situations
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Development and Its Meanings
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The Reinvention of Development: Managing Ignorance and Diversity
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Conclusion
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“This book is not an easy read. However for those willing to engage with its contents it will reward them with a healthily critical and sceptical perspective on not just international development but public policy more broadly. At the heart of Fforde’s critique is that nearly all ‘interventions’ are premised on assumptions of knowable cause-effect relationships. The author claims a ‘right to scepticism’ and a right, in chosen circumstances, to organise as though there is no predictive knowledge of ‘what will cause what’. Fforde offers an important and critical challenge to some of the fundamental assumptions upon which policy makers, funders and bureaucrats make decisions.” (Chris Roche, Chair in International Development, La Trobe University, Australia)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reinventing Development
Book Subtitle: The Sceptical Change Agent
Authors: Adam Fforde
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50227-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50226-7Published: 27 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84351-3Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50227-4Published: 17 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 288
Topics: Development and Social Change, Development Theory, Development Policy, Regional Development, International Relations Theory, Development and Sustainability