Development Theory and Practice

PAUL CAMMACK Professor of Government, University of Manchester JOCELYN DeJONG Lecturer at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester PAUL FRANCIS Senior Lecturer in Social Development, University of East Anglia MAIA GREEN Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Manchester UMA KOTHARI Lecturer in Social Development, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester ROSEMARY McGEE formerly Research Associate, University of Manchester MARTIN MINOGUE Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester PHILIP WOODHOUSE Senior Lecturer, Institute for Development Policy and Manchester, University of Manchester

This text provides a critical assessment of dominant features of development theory and practice in such areas as globalisation, governance, social development, participation, feminism and postcolonialism, civil society, environment and development management.This text provides a critical assessment of dominant features of development theory and practice in such areas as globalisation, governance, social development, participation, feminism and postcolonialism, civil society, environment and development management. Each chapter addresses a particular approach within development by setting out the orthodoxy, and critically evaluates this before engaging more constructively with the challenges presented by contemporary development. This approach will give students a clearer understanding of the debates within development today.