The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies (Routledge Critical Development Studies)

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
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About the Authors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Critical Development Studies: An Introduction
	1 Introduction to Critical Development Studies: Four Characteristics With Illustrations From Seven Decades
		Notes
		References
Part I History as Development
	2 Unravelling the Canvas of History
		Origins of the Development Agenda
		The Development Project Takes Shape
		The Right to Development
		The Nation-State, Capitalism, and Development
		The Financialisation of Development and the Global Financial Crisis
		From Global Crisis to a Reconfiguration of International Power Relations
		Note
		References
Part II Thinking Critically About Development
	Questions for Discussion
	3 Critical Development Theory: Results and Prospects
		Marx and Development
		Leninism and Development
		Socialism and Underdevelopment
		Postdevelopment
		References
	4 Race In/and Development
		Race: What’s Development Got to do with it?
		Development: What’s Race Got to do with it?
		The ‘White Gaze of Development’
		Excavating Robinson’s ‘Racial Capitalism’
		Haiti as a Prototypical Case Study of Racial Capitalism
		Mainstreaming Race as an Anti-Racist Agenda for Development
		References
	5 Development Theory: The Latin American Pivot
		Structuralist Theory of Development
		Dependency Theory
		Neostructuralism and Alternative Development
		Conclusions
		References
	6 Postdevelopment and Other Critiques of Development
		Postdevelopment as Critique
		Postdevelopment as a Space for Alternatives
		Reactions and Constancy in Relation to Postdevelopment
		Rethinking Critical Development Studies
		Levels of Critical Development Studies
		A Toolbox for the Critical Analysis of the Roots of Development
		Note
		References
	7 Feminist Contributions to Critical Development Studies
		Rethinking the Economy and Work
		Family and Household: Opening the Black Box
		Care as a Social Right
		Feminism and the Social and Solidarity Economy
		Concluding Remarks
		References
Part III System Dynamics: Capitalism, Imperialism, Development, and Globalisation
	Questions for Discussion
	8 Capitalism and Crises
		Karl Marx’s Analysis of Capitalism and Its Crises
		From Vulgar Economy to Neoclassical Economics
		Post-neoclassical Critiques of Capitalism
		Crises and Their Variations
		Conclusion
	9 Development, Capitalism, Imperialism, Globalisation: A Tale of Four Concepts
		Capitalism and Extractive Imperialism: the Evolution of a System
		Development as Imperialism
		Globalisation and Capitalism
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	10 Globalisation Versus Development: Beyond Dualism
		An Ideological Divide
		Beyond the Divide
		A Call for a Radically Transformative Transformation Beyond the Critical
		Note
		References
	11 Philanthrocapitalism and Development
		Philanthrocapitalism: Trajectories From Its Neoliberal Base
		The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
		Farmer Alternatives: Integrated Seed Systems
		Concluding Into the Future
		Notes
		References
	12 The Migration–development Nexus in the Neoliberal Era
		The Political Economy of Migration
		The Nature of Contemporary Capitalism
		The Debate On Migration and Development: Towards a Southern Perspective
		An Alternative Perspective
		Critical Issues in the Migration and Development Agenda
		Conclusion: Towards an Inclusive Agenda
		Note
		References
Part IV Policy Configurations for Development
	Questions for Discussion
	13 The Post-Washington Consensus
		The Washington Consensus
		Good Governance and Ownership
		The Post-Washington Consensus
		References
	14 International Cooperation for Development
		International Development Cooperation ‘As It Was’
		The Tectonic Shift in International Development Cooperation
		Effects On the Donor Landscape
		Effects On the Global South
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	15 The Developmental State, Globalisation, and Structural Transformations
		The Analytics of the ‘Classic Developmental State’
		Developmental States and Globalisation
		Structural Transformations
		Note
		References
	16 Local Economic Development, Microcredit, and Financial Inclusion
		Four Key Claims to Consider
			Microcredit Reduces Poverty Through the Creation of Informal Microenterprises and Additional Incomes
			Microcredit Promotes Local Economic Development in the Longer Term
			Microcredit Is All About Helping the Poor
			The New Financial Inclusion Movement Represents a Bold New Move That Will Help the Poor Even More Than Before
		References
Part V Inside the BRICS
	Questions for Discussion
	17 Brazil: Development Strategies and Peripheral Conditions
		ECLAC and the Struggle Against the Primary-Export Model
		Marxist Dependency Theory and the Question of Sub-Imperialism
		Neoliberalism and Social Crisis
		Neodevelopmentalism, Social Liberalism, and Brazil’s New International Role
		Hyper-liberalism and the Far Right in Brazil: a Return to Lumpen Development?
		Note
		References
	18 India: Critical Issues of a ‘Tortuous Transition’
		Economic Growth: Scale, Pattern, and Process
		‘Inclusive Growth’ or ‘Jobless Growth’ and ‘Excluded Labour’?
		The Problems of Agriculture
		Poverty and Social Development
		Conclusion
		References
	19 Interrogating the China Model of Development
		The Legacy of the Communist Era: an Impediment or a Facilitator?
		Autonomous Development or Head Servant of the US?
		Technological Upgrading or Technological Dependence?
		Poverty Reduction or Rising Social Inequality/rising Class Conflict
		Rapid Growth Versus Environmental Sustainability
		A Model or a Culprit to Pull Down Global Wages?
		References
	20 South Africa: An Economy of Extremes
		Inequality
		The Crises of Work and Social Reproduction
		The Climate Crisis
		Conclusion
		References
Part VI Poverty, Inequalities, and Development Dynamics
	Questions for Discussion
	21 Development: Class Matters
		Different Forms of Class Analysis
			Social Class as Structure and Agency
			Classes as Occupational Groups
			Social Class as an Individual’s Life Chances
			Income Class as a Statistical Grouping of the Population
		Class as a Social Relation of Production
		The Middle-Class Conundrum: What Is It? And Where Is It?
		The Politics of Class Struggle and Resistance
		References
	22 The Dynamics of Poverty Production: A Political Economy Perspective for the SDGs Era
		Understanding Structural Forces in IPE: a Two-Level Model
		Ideas, Structural Conflict, and the Role of the State
		Final Remarks
		References
	23 Poverty Analysis Through a Gender Lens
		Poverty as a State
			Money-metric Measures
			Qualitative Insights
		Poverty as a Process
			Causal Inequalities
			Idiosyncratic Shocks and Natural Disasters
			Policy-induced Shocks
			Dealing With Pandemics
		Conclusion
		References
	24 Women, Work, and Gender Inequalities: With Illustrations From Cambodia and China
		Gender Inequality in Work and Women’s Economic Empowerment
		Explanations of Gender Inequality in Work
		Gender Inequalities in Unpaid Work
		Gender Inequalities in Paid Work
		Women, Work, and Migration
		Conclusion
		References
	25 Health Inequalities and Development in a Global Context
		Health On the Global Policy Agenda: Proliferating Institutions, Shifts of Power
		Globalisation, Neoliberalism, and Health
		New Cartographies of Health and Development
		How COVID-19 Changes Everything
		Useful Websites
		References
Part VII Capital, Labour and the State
	Questions for Discussion
	26 Labour and Development
		The Elitism of Mainstream Development Studies
		A Labour-Centred Development Perspective
		From Labour-Centred to Labour-Led Development
		Shackdweller’s Movements in South Africa
		Movements for Urban Reform in Brazil
		Mass Strikes in Indonesia
		Conclusions
		Note
		References
	27 The Triangle of Underdevelopment: Technology, Patents, and Monopoly
		Science and Technology in Development
		Technology and Capitalism
		Patents: the Seizure of Accumulated Productive Knowledge
		Monopoly Capital and the Hyper-Concentration of Technical Innovation
		References
	28 The Making of the New Chinese Working Class
		From ‘Made in China’ to ‘Innovation in China’ and the Visible Hand of the State
		Generations of the Working Class
		Radicalisation and Collective Action of the New Chinese Working Class
		The Jasic Workers Struggle to Start a Union
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	29 Labour and Development in Latin America
		The Class Struggle for Development
		Trade Unions and Development
		Trade Unions: ‘Old’ Versus ‘New’ Social Movements
		Trade Unions and Political and Economic Development in Latin America
		Women and Trade Unions in Latin America
		References
	30 Class and State Formation in the Gulf Arab States
		Global Capitalism, Oil, and the Gulf
		Capital and the State in the Gulf
		Migration, Citizenship, and Labour in the Gulf
		Future Trajectories of the Gulf
		References
Part VIII Dynamics of Agrarian Change and Urban Development
	Questions for Discussion
	31 Contemporary Dynamics of Agrarian Change
		Land Concentration, Land Grabbing, and Agro-Industrial Capital
		The Financialisation of Agriculture and Food
		The Peasant Economy, De-Agrarianisation, Feminisation, and Precarianisation of Labour
		Conclusions
		References
	32 Food Regimes and Agrarian Questions
		The Corporate Food Regime
		The Structural Contradictions of the Corporate Food Regime
		The Character of an Alternative
		Note
		References
	33 Urban Development in the Global South
		Neoliberal Globalisation and Urbanisation: Theoretical Perspectives On the City and Urban Development
		The Urban Revolution, the Informal Sector, and the Urban Labour Market
		Urban Poverty and Class Dynamics of Income Distribution
		Social and Spatial Dynamics of Exclusion, Segregation, and Urban Inequality
		Forms of Urban Governance, Development Policy, and Politics in the South
		Urban Social Movements: Grassroots, Civil Society, and Popular Responses
		Notes
		References
	34 Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism
		What Kind of Class Is the Peasantry?
		The Effects of Capitalist Development in Agriculture and the International Food Regime On Peasants
		Control of Land, Labour, Nature, and Territory
		Alternative to What? Avoid, Integrate, or Create Markets?
		Peasant Movements and Politics Today: Outside, Within, or Through the State
		References
Part IX Development, Climate Change, and the Environment
	Questions for Discussion
	35 Eco-Marxist Lenses for Viewing Human–nature Relations
		The Development of Capitalism Through Human–nature Relations
		Capital Accumulation and the Enclosure of the Commons
		Capitalism’s Contradictions to Nature
		Metabolic Rifts
		References
	36 Climate Change and Development
		Mitigation
		Green Development
		Adaptation
		Resilience
		Development and Growth
		References
	37 The Energy Transition and the Global South
		Peak Oil, Energy Transition, and Climate Change as an Accumulation Strategy
		Neoliberalism, Extractivism, Appropriation of Nature, and Renewable Energy
		Conclusion: Energy Transition and New (Old) Unequal Exchange
		Notes
		References
	38 The Political Ecology of Extractivism in North Africa
		Extractivism, Primitive Accumulation, and Imperialism
		The Political Economy of Extractivism in the Maghreb/North Africa
		The New Manifestations of Class Struggle and Their Limitations
		Conclusion/alternatives
		Notes
		References
Part X Resistances and Alternatives
	Questions for Discussion
	39 Understanding the Rise of the Far Right, and What to Do About It
		Why I Dumped ‘Populism’
		Counterrevolution
		Some Key Considerations
		Concluding Notes
		References
	40 Rural Dispossession and Resistance in Asia and Africa
		Dispossession
		Rural Dispossession and Resistance in Asia and Africa
		References
	41 Extractive Capitalism and the Resistance in Latin America
		Dynamics of Extractivism and Neoextractivism
		Extractive Capital and the Resistance
		Resistance and Struggle On the New Frontier of Extractive Capital
		Note
		References
	42 Colonialism’s Miasmas: Indigenous Resistance and Resilience
		Indigenous Sovereignty and the Imperial Project
		Imperial and Settler Colonialism
		Resilience and Resistance On the Global Stage
		Enacting Resilience in an Over-Heating World
		Note
		References
	43 Workers’ Control and Self-Management
		Self-management, Cooperatives, and Workers’ Control: Origins and Terms
		Workers’ Control in Peripheral and Semi-Peripheral States in the 20th Century
		Workers’ Recuperated Companies as a Contemporary Form of Workers’ Control
		Conclusions
		References
	44 Communitarian Revolutions: Ecological Economics From Below
		Development From a Grassroots and Indigenous Perspective: the Search for a Sustainable Path
		Community-based Development From Below: the Battle Over the Commons
		Examples of Community-Based Resource Management
		Agro-ecology and the Peasant Way (La Via Campesina)
		Collective Action and a Global Alliance Against Capitalist Modernity
		Ecological Economics From Below: Sustainable Management of Regional Resources
		Notes
		References
Part Conclusion
	45 Moving Towards Another World: Possibilities and Pitfalls
		The Political Economy of Agrarian Change and Capitalist Development: Three Cycles
		The Advance of Extractive Capital in the Development Process
		Moving Beyond Capitalism: Forces of Change and the Dynamics of the Resistance
		Note
		References
Glossary of terms
Index