Since its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development,
this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading
biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and
accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of
development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary
spectrum. This substantially expanded and fully updated second
edition in the relaunched series without the numerical constraint
includes an additional 24 essays, filling in many gaps in the
original selection, greatly improving the gender balance and
diversifying coverage to reflect the evolving landscape of
development in theory, policy and practice. It presents a unique
guide to the lives, ideas and practices of leading contributors to
the contested terrain of development studies and development policy
and practice. Its thoughtful essays reflect the diversity of
development in theory, policy and practice across time, space,
disciplines and communities of practice. Accordingly, it challenges
Western-centrism, Orientalism and the like, while also
demonstrating the enduring appeal of "development" in different
guises. David Simon has assembled a highly authoritative team of
contributors from different backgrounds, regional settings and
disciplines to reflect on the lives and contributions of leading
authorities on development from around the world. These include:
Modernisers like Kindleberger, Perroux and Rostow Dependencistas
such as Frank, Furtado, Cardoso and Amin Progressives and critical
modernists like Hirschman, Prebisch, Helleiner Sen, Streeten and
Wang Political leaders enunciating radical alternative visions of
development, such as Mao, Nkrumah and Nyerere Progenitors of
religiously or spiritually inspired development, such as Gandhi,
Ariyaratne and Vivekananda Development-environment thinkers like
Agarwal, Blaikie, Brookfield, Ostrom and Sachs International
institution builders like Singer, Hammarskoeld, Kaul and Ul Haq
Anti- and post-development thinkers and activists like Escobar,
Ghosh, Quijano and Roy Key Thinkers on Development is therefore the
essential handbook on the world's most influential development
thinkers and an invaluable guide for students of development and
sustainability, policy-makers and practitioners seeking an
accessible overview of this diverse field and its leading voices.
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