Fifty Key Thinkers on Development (Routledge Key Guides) - Softcover

Simon, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415337909 ISBN 13: 9780415337908

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

The essential guide to the world’s most influential development thinkers, this authoritative text presents a unique guide to the lives and ideas of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies.

Reflecting the diverse, interdisciplinary nature of the area, the book includes entries on:

* modernisers like Hirshman, Kindleberger and Rostow

* dependencistas such as Frank, Cardoso and Amin

* progressives like Prebisch, Helleiner and Streeten

* political leaders enunciating radical alternative visions of development, such as Mao, Nkrumah and Nyerere

* progenitors of religiously or spiritually inspired development, such as Gandhi and Ariyaratne

* development-environment thinkers like Blaikie, Brookfield and Shiva.

This is a fascinating and readable introduction to the major figures that have shaped the field, ideal for anyone studying or working in the area.

About this title

About the Author:

David Simon is Professor of Development Geography and Director of the Centre for Developing Areas Research at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the co-editor of The Peri-Urban Interface: Approaches to sustainable natural and human resource use (Earthscan, 2005).

Review:

'Fifty Key Thinkers on Development is a stimulating and inspiring book... I readily recommend this book to anyone with an interest in development - whether academics, students, practitioners or politicians. There is something there for everyone and it deserves a wide and diverse readership.' - Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 28(2), 2007

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415337909
• ISBN 13: 9780415337908
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320