Taking a critical and historical view, this text explores the
theory and changing practice of international development. It
provides an overview of how the field has evolved and the concrete
impacts of this on the ground on the lives of people in the Global
South. Development Theory and Practice in a Changing World covers
the major theories of development, such as modernisation and
dependency, in addition to anti-development theories such as
post-modernism and decoloniality. It examines the changing nature
of immanent (structural) conditions of development in addition to
the main attempts to steer them (imminent development). The book
suggests that the era of development as a hegemonic idea and
practice may be coming to an end, at the same time as it appears to
have achieved its apogee in the Sustainable Development Goals as a
result of the rise of ultra-nationalism around the world, the
increasing importance of securitisation and the existential threat
posed by climate change. Whether development can or should survive
as a concept is interrogated in the book. This book offers a fresh
and updated take on the past 60 years of development and is
essential reading for advanced undergraduate students in areas of
development, geography, international studies, political science,
economics and sociology.
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