The Companion to Development Studies

by Robert B. Potter (Editor), Vandana Desai (Editor)

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's one hundred short chapters cover not only thinkers, schools, and movements but also highlight
controversies and points of convergence between different disciplinary traditions.

Genres: International Development

576 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

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

Reviews

[for-much-deliberation ...]

... a companion text for undergrad international development studies...
Currently I'm reading a PDF version of this text...

[Aya Badr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reputable studies of political and economic development to explain western development and issues on development in the third world

[Pernille · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is like an encyclopedia for development and their studies. Since it is written by several authors (an author for each chapter) it has it dryer parts and its more exciting parts.

[Samiha Kamal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really a companion for the students of Development Studies. This one and another one named 'Introduction to International Development' are my continuous book for my subject. I read the short chapters of this book selecting through the name. There are different dimensions in different chapters.

[Ema Gonçalves]

It accomodates all thematics of development

[Jovani González Hernández · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple and concret, exactly what you are searching on a companion book. Every item is well-described and summarized. Hence, for a beginner in the field of development studies is very useful.

[Diego · Rating 5 out of 5]

Los estudios sobre el Desarrollo, sea económico o en un sentido más universal son muy amplios, este libro es un gran punto de inicio para adentrarse en las partes más relevantes sobre la literatura al respecto, cada sección escrita por expertos específicos del área es de gran utilidad para adentrarse en el lo que implica el desarrollo tanto de manera histórica como en sus formas más contemporáneas.