Companion to Development Studies

This new book brings together leading scholars from around the world to provide an international and interdisciplinary overview of twentieth century development studies.

This comprehensive companion covers not only thinkers, schools and movements, but also highlights controversies and points of convergence between different disciplinary traditions.

With more than one hundred short chapters dealing with both practice and theory, the volume offers accessible guidance for students and a direct route into the key issues of development studies.

The book is further divided into sections on the nature of development, theories of development, issues of development and alternative forms of development.

The Arnold Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies.