Introduction to International Development integrates the work of leading experts from disciplines as varied as geography, history, sociology, political science, economics, gender studies, and anthropology.
Contributed chapters present foundational overviews as well as in-depth coverage of issues at the heart of today's most pressing international debates, providing students with the conceptual tools they need to understand the challenges, successes, and failures of international development within today's dynamic and changing world.
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Heavily updated and includes coverage of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the COVID-19 pandemic
- New chapters on economic development theories
- New chapter on refugeesNew chapter on economic resilience in Indigenous communities.
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About the AuthorAuthor Biography: Paul A. Haslam - Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.Jessica Schafer was an assistant professor at the International Development and Globalization program at the University of Ottawa from 2006-2008.Pierre Beaudet - Associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences, Universite du Quebec en Outaouais.Contributors:Eric Allina - Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Ottawa.Jody-Ann Anderson - Doctoral student, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.Stephen Brown - Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa.Lisa Bornstein - Associate Professor, School of Urban Planning, McGill University.Gavin Fridell - Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University.Des Gasper - Professor Emeritus of Human Development, Development Ethics and Public Policy, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam.Jing Gu - Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development, Institute of Development Studies; Executive Team Leader of the UK Anchor Institution for China International Development Research Collaboration.Arjan de Haan - Director, Inclusive Economies at the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa.Laura Hammond - Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.Joseph Hanlon - Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics and the Open University (UK).Pablo Heidrich - Assistant Professor, Global and International Studies Program, Carleton University.Anil Hira - Professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University.Tim Jones - Head of Policy for the Jubilee Debt Campaign.Cedric Jourde - Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa.Anne Latendresse - Professor, Departement de Geographie, Universite du Quebec, Montreal.Nissim Mannathukkaren - Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University.Marianne H. Marchand - Chair in International Relations, Department of International Relations and Political Science, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla (Mexico); Associate Senior Fellow, Kate Hamburger Kolleg, Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany).Abu-Bakar Siddiq Massaquoi- Lecturer, Institute of Environmental Management and Quality Control, School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University, Sierra Leone.James Milner - Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University; Director of the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN).Chukwumerije Okereke - Professor, Climate and Environmental Governance, Department of Political Science, Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Nigeria.Jane Parpart - Research Professor, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts.David Potts - Honorary Visiting Researcher, John & Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies, University of Bradford.Joshua Ramisch - Associate Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.Keetie Roelen - Research Fellow and Co-director of the Centre for Social Protection, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.Ted Schrecker - Professor of Global Health Policy, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University; Senior Fellow, Global Policy Institute, Durham University.David Sogge - independent researcher in Amsterdam; an Associate of the Transnational Institute.Susan Spronk - Associate Professor and Director of the School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.Astri Suhrke - Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway.Marcus Taylor - Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Global Development Studies, Queen's University.Rebecca Tiessen - Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa.Henry Veltmeyer - Professor Emeritus, International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University; Senior Research Professor, Development Studies, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas (Mexico); Senior Research Fellow, Advanced Latin American Studies, Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico).Torunn Wimpelmann - Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway.Wanda Wuttunee - Professor and Graduate Chair, Native Studies, University of Manitoba.Aram Ziai - Heisenberg Professor, German Research Foundation for Development Policy and Postcolonial Studies.
