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245 0 0 _aPoverty and development into the 21st century /
_cedited by Tim Allen and Alan Thomas.
250 _aRev. ed.
260 _aOxford ;
_bOpen University in association with Oxford University Press,
_c2000.
300 _axi, 572 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aFirst published as: Poverty and Development in the 1990's, 1992.
504 _aIncludes references and index.
505 _a List of authors and book production team vi Preface vii Tim Allen Allan Thomas Map of countries and major cities of the world x CONCEPTIONS OF POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT Poverty and the `end of development' 3 (20) Alan Thomas Meanings and views of development 23 (28) Alan Thomas A WORLD OF PROBLEMS? Understanding famine and hunger 51 (24) Ben Crow Diseases of poverty 75 (24) Melissa Parker Gordon Wilson Unemployment and making a living 99 (26) David Wield Joanna Chataway Is the world overpopulated? 125 (16) Tom Hewitt Ines Smyth Environmental degradation and sustainability 141 (22) Philip Woodhouse A world at war 163 (26) Tim Allen Agencies of development 189 (30) Alan Thomas Tim Allen THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION? Diversity in pre-capitalist societies 219 (22) Janet Bujra Colonialism, capitalism, development 241 (30) Henry Bernstein The Power of colonial states 271 (18) David Potter Half a century of development 289 (20) Tom Hewitt Socialist models of development 309 (16) Andrew Kilmister The second `great transformation'? Capitalism at the end of the twentieth century 325 (20) John Harriss UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT NOW Sustainable globalization? The global politics of development and exclusion in the new world order 345 (20) Anthony McGrew Democratization, `good governance' and development 365 (18) David Potter Rethinking gender matters in development 383 (20) Ruth Pearson Technology, poverty and development 403 (22) Gordon Wilson Richard Heeks Life in the cities 425 (18) Jo Beall Taking culture seriously 443 (26) Tim Allen THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT Genetic engineering of development? Myths and possibilities 469 (16) Joanna Chataway Les Levidow Susan Carr The new politics of identity 485 (24) Tim Allen John Eade Industrialization and development: prospects and dilemmas 509 (24) Joanna Chataway Tim Allen References 533 (20) Acknowledgements 553 (3) List of acronyms, abbreviations and organizations 556 (2) Index 558
520 _aEach chapter here introduces a key topic, and uses questions, diagrams, tables, photographs and chapter summaries to illustrate and clarify the text. The authors aim to help students to see through over-simple analyses and solutions
546 _aeng.
650 0 _aColonies
650 0 _aPoverty
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aDependency.
700 1 _aAllen, Tim,
_d1956-
700 1 _aThomas, Alan,
_d1948-
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