The Palgrave Handbook of International Development

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Introduction: A Call for Action in a Multidisciplinary World....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Classical Approaches to Development: Modernisation and Dependency....Pages 21-39
Postcolonial Approaches to Development....Pages 41-53
Ethical Issues in Development....Pages 55-76
Democracy and Development: A Relationship of Harmony or Tension?....Pages 77-98
Global Citizenship and Development: From Benevolence to Global Justice?....Pages 99-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
The Developmental State....Pages 121-137
Natural Resource Extraction and the Development Conundrum....Pages 139-154
Intellectual Property Rights and Development: A Contingent Political Relationship....Pages 155-168
Governing the Formal Economy: The Convergence of Theory and Divergence of Practice....Pages 169-183
Outside the State: The Shadow Economy and Shadow Economy Labour Force....Pages 185-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Urban Informality and the State: A Relationship of Perpetual Negotiation....Pages 207-225
Civil Society: Management, Mismanagement and Informal Governance....Pages 227-242
Security Privatisation, the State, and Development in the Global South....Pages 243-257
Alternatives to the Privatisation of Water and Sanitation Services: Lessons from Latin America....Pages 259-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Emerging Powers in International Development: Questioning South–South Cooperation....Pages 279-296
The New Philanthropy: Private Power in International Development Policy?....Pages 297-313
Recipients and Contributors: The Dual Role of Middle-Income Countries....Pages 315-332
Migrants, Remittances and Hometown Associations in Promoting Development....Pages 333-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Mobility, Immobility and Migration....Pages 349-363
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
‘Make Migration a Choice not a Necessity’: Challenging the Instrumentalisation of Migration as a Tool for Development....Pages 365-379
Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Forced Labour: Implications for International Development....Pages 381-398
International Development and the Global Drugs Trade....Pages 399-413
The Violence of Development: Guerrillas, Gangs, and Goondas in Perspective....Pages 415-431
Aid and the ‘Circle of Security’....Pages 433-450
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
What do Human Rights Mean in Development?....Pages 453-470
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights....Pages 471-486
From Objects to Subjects? Children and Youth in Development....Pages 487-511
Disability and Development: Critical (Dis)Connections....Pages 513-534
Mental Health and the Mindset of Development....Pages 535-553
Invented Spaces of Activism: Gezi Park and Performative Practices of Citizenship....Pages 555-574
Front Matter....Pages 575-575
New Social Media Practices: Potential for Development, Democracy, and Anti-democratic Practices....Pages 577-594
The Role of Transport and Communication Infrastructure in Realising Development Outcomes....Pages 595-614
Smart City: Neoliberal Discourse or Urban Development Tool?....Pages 615-633
Crowdsourcing Development: From Funding to Reporting....Pages 635-647
The Problematic of Biofuels for Development....Pages 649-668
Front Matter....Pages 669-669
Food Security, Land, and Development....Pages 671-693
Livelihood Adaptation and Climate Variability in Africa....Pages 695-711
Can Regional Cooperation Promote Sustainable Development?....Pages 713-730
Rethinking the Vulnerability of Small Island States: Climate Change and Development in the Pacific Islands....Pages 731-748
Front Matter....Pages 669-669
Running Dry: Water, Development and Conflict....Pages 749-762
Back Matter....Pages 763-774