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Author:   Rob Potter ,  Dennis Conway ,  Ruth Evans ,  Sally Lloyd-Evans
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Ltd
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9780857025852

ISBN 10:   0857025856
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   17 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Understanding Development Introduction Meanings of Development Measuring Development Space and Development Defining and Measuring Poverty The Millennium Development Goals Theory and Practice of Development Introduction Modernity, Modernization, Postmodernism and Post-Structuralism Radical Approaches to Development Neo-Liberalism and Globalization The Development Programmes of Global Institutions Sustainable Development and Environmental Sustainability Work, Employment and Development Introduction Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable Communities Industrialization and the New International Division of Labour Decent Work, Risk and the Informal Sector The Digital Economy and New Spaces of Work Global Trade, Aid and Regulation People, Culture and Development Introduction Gender, Households and Development Children, Youth and Development Health, Disability and Development Sexualities and Development Ageing and Development Contemporary Issues in Development Introduction Culture and Human Rights Civil Society, Social Capital and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Migration, Transnationalism and Development Tobin-Type Taxes

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An excellent and supremely accessible guide to some key issues in development geography Stuart Corbridge London School of Economics <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> Key Concepts in Development Geography provides a clearly stated, informed and strongly structured pathway through the key literatures and debates Jonathan Rigg Durham University

An excellent and supremely accessible guide to some key issues in development geograpy. -- Stuart Corbridge Key Concepts in Development Geography provides a clearly stated, informed and strongly structured pathway through the key literatures and debates. -- Jonathan Rigg

Key Concepts in Development Geography provides a clearly stated, informed and strongly structured pathway through the key literatures and debates. -- Jonathan Rigg An excellent and supremely accessible guide to some key issues in development geograpy. -- Stuart Corbridge

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Professor Rob Potter is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Reading.  His research and teaching interests span development geography and development studies; urban geography; return migration; transnationality and issues of identity.  He is author of the texts Key Concepts in Development Geography (Sage, 2012), Geographies of Development (Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008), The Companion to Development Studies (Hodder, 2008), Doing Development Research (Sage, 2006) and The Contemporary Caribbean, Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2005).  He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary journal Progress in Development Studies and is currently a member of the International Editorial Boards of the journals Third World Quarterly, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, and Blackwell Geography Compass.  Rob Potter was elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2006 and in 2007 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University of Reading, in recognition of his contributions to the fields of Geographies of Development and Urban Geography. Dennis Conway is Emeritus Professor in Geography at Indiana University.  Dr Ruth Evans is Associate Professor in Geography at the University of Reading.  Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans is Professor in Geography at the University of Reading. 

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