Challeging global inequality : development theory and practice in the 21st century

This major new text on development theory and practice takes as its starting point the challenge of overcoming development and global poverty and inequality.

It traces the origins of the idea of Development Studies and introduces the main methodologies and theories of development.

It, then, tackles the challenges of the twenty-first century from market-led growth, globalization and new social movements through to the Millenium Development Goals concluding with a reassessment of definitions and visions of development.