Key Thinkers on Development

David Simon (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)

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Routledge
18 April 2019

Development studies; Development economics

Series: Routledge Key Guides

"Since its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development, this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary spectrum. This substantially expanded and fully updated second edition in the relaunched series without the numerical constraint includes an additional 24 essays, filling in many gaps in the original selection, greatly improving the gender balance and diversifying coverage to reflect the evolving landscape of development in theory, policy and practice.

It presents a unique guide to the lives, ideas and practices of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies and development policy and practice. Its thoughtful essays reflect the diversity of development in theory, policy and practice across time, space, disciplines and communities of practice. Accordingly, it challenges Western-centrism, Orientalism and the like, while also demonstrating the enduring appeal of ""development"" in different guises. David Simon has assembled a highly authoritative team of contributors from different backgrounds, regional settings and disciplines to reflect on the lives and contributions of leading authorities on development from around the world. These include:

Modernisers like Kindleberger, Perroux and Rostow

Dependencistas such as Frank, Furtado, Cardoso and Amin

Progressives and critical modernists like Hirschman, Prebisch, Helleiner Sen, Streeten and Wang

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

Progenitors of religiously or spiritually inspired development, such as Gandhi, Ariyaratne and Vivekananda

Development–environment thinkers like Agarwal, Blaikie, Brookfield, Ostrom and Sachs

International institution builders like Singer, Hammarsköld, Kaul and Ul Haq

Anti- and post-development thinkers and activists like Escobar, Ghosh, Quijano and Roy

Key Thinkers on Development is therefore the essential handbook on the world’s most influential development thinkers and an invaluable guide for students of development and sustainability, policy-makers and practitioners seeking an accessible overview of this diverse field and its leading voices."

Edited by: David Simon (Royal Holloway University of London UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 940g
ISBN: 9781138494329
ISBN 10: 1138494321
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Pages: 490
Publication Date: 18 April 2019
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Simon is Professor of Development Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and Director of Mistra Urban Futures, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. He is author, editor and co-editor of many books and journal special issues on cities, development–environment challenges and climate change adaptation, most recently Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Accessible, Green and Fair (2016), Urban Planet (2018) and Holocaust Escapees and Global Development: Hidden Histories (2019).