Sage Publications International Development (SAGE Library of International Relations)

Product Description This collection of four volumes traces the evolution and contemporary state of International Development through the articles that have defined the field and its history. The selection reveals the elements of continuity and change in this evolution and emphasizes the dynamic interplay between intellectual theoretical advances, political developments and development practice. Volume I takes President Truman′s inaugural speech of 1948 as the starting point of the era of ′international development′ and examines the theoretical background to this speech as well as the theories of ′modernization′ that came in its wake. Volume II looks at the radical critique of modernization theory in the 1960s and early 1970s. Volume III traces the movement of the debates in the 1980s and 1990s from structural adjustment to the focus on ′good governance′. Volume IV focuses on the most recent development critiques, including post-colonial studies, and the theories of post-development and social movements. About the Author Morten Bøås (PhD) is a Senior Researcher at Fafo - Institute for Applied International Studies, Oslo. He has written extensively about African politics and conflict, global development and multilateral institutions, and regions and regionalisation in the developing world. His latest books include African Guerrillas: Raging Against the Machine, Lynne Rienner 2007 (with Kevin Dunn) and Global Institutions and Development: Framing the World? Routledge 2004 (with Desmond McNeill), and his articles have appeared in journals such as Third World Quarterly, Global Society, Global Governance, New Political Economy, and Journal of Contemporary African Studies. Benedicte Bull (PhD) is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo. She has written extensively about development theory, multilateral institutions and the politics of Latin American market reforms and regionalisation. She is the author of Development Issues in Global Governance: Public-Private Partnerships and Market Multilateralism, Routledge, 2007 (with Desmond McNeill), and Aid, Power and Privatisation: The Politics of Telecommunication Reform in Latin America, Edward Elgar, 2005, and her articles has appeared in journals such as Third World Quarterly, Global Governance, Journal of Developing Societies and New Political Economy.