Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies

by Robert B. Potter, Tony Binns, David W. Smith

Geographies of an Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development Studies, Development Geography and related fields. This clear and concise text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to time and from place to place. With a new colour layout and in-chapter features such as Key Ideas, Boxed Case Studies and Summaries, students will find this an easy-to-use text which will focus them on the most important information in this area of study.

Genres: Geography

576 pages, Paperback

First published February 5, 1999

About the author

Potter, Rob, 1950-
Potter, Robert 1950-
Potter, Robert B.
Potter, Robert Bernard 1950-

Reviews

[Alma · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a critique of the book more of myself, it was soooooo long but very useful for my essays.

[Kajsa Hansson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, it's a good introduction to the topic. I'd suggest it for younger readers though (yeah, despite the academic English)... at my age you've most likely already studied the UN and WTO and those kinda institutions quite a lot, and then there's a risk that this book gets repetative.