Palgrave Advances in Development Studies

This book provides readers with an understanding of the disparate theories concerning development, their assumptions and the intellectual forces underpinning them. Leading contributors from the field of development studies present the relevant material to analyze and evaluate current debates about development, together with the intellectual tools to judge contemporary arguments concerning developing countries and the ability to relate theories to contemporary policy issues.

British, US, and Swedish political scientists survey the various theories behind political, economic, and social development efforts, focusing on the post-Cold War era. Among their topics are democracy and democratization, armies and armed force, the natural environment, the global political economy, and regionalism and regionalization. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Jeffrey Haynes is Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University.