Poverty and Development

Third Edition

Edited by Tim Allen and Alan Thomas

Offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the history, issues and future trends of development, with final updates covering the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic
Integrated learning features, including case studies that draw on lived experience, help students to develop a critical, nuanced understanding of key issues and theories
Expert line-up of contributors offers a diverse and rigorous range of perspectives on the field
Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this Edition:

New chapters 7 on Poverty and Education, 19 on Engineering for Development, and 22 on Digital Technologies and the Future of Poverty and Development.
New chapter 20 on New Directions and Challenges for Health and Development provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues in health and development, including coverage of the Ebola epidemic and mental health, an initial assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic, and featuring cases such as malnutrition in Mexico.
New chapter 21 on Migration, Security and Development encourages critical reflection on continuing legacies of colonialism in relation to the refugee crisis, and puts displaced voices at its centre through narratives of refugees' lived experience.
New chapter 25 on Climate Change and the End of Development examines the impact of the climate crisis in relation to sustainable development by exploring issues of lived experience of climate change, including indigenous perspectives and intersectional vulnerability.
New concluding chapter based on interviews with leading development practitioners, thinkers, and academics reflecting on Prospects of the Future.

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Description

Poverty & Development in the 21st Century provides a fully updated, interdisciplinary overview of one of the world's most complex and pressing social problems. The book analyses and assesses key questions faced by practitioners and policy makers, ranging from what potential solutions to world poverty are open to us to what form development should take and whether it is compatible with environmental sustainability.

The third edition considers the complex causes of global poverty and inequality, introducing major development issues that include hunger, disease, the threat of authoritarian populism, the refugee crisis and environmental degradation.

Three new chapters illustrate the impact of climate, refugee and health crises on development by drawing on accounts of lived experience to explore the real-world implications of theory.

Refreshed student-centred learning features include boxes outlining key concepts, definitions and cases that explore contested issues in greater depth. These case studies encourage critical reflection on key issues, from refugees' personal accounts of containment to the Ebola epidemic to indigenous perspectives on climate change. Questions posed at the start of each chapter provide a framework for critical reflection on key assumptions and theories within the field of development. Each chapter also clearly unpacks figures and tables, supporting students to develop a nuanced understanding of economic arguments and key skills of data interpretation

Digital formats and resources
The third edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- Students and lecturers are further supported by online resources to encourage deeper engagement with content.

For students:

Web links organised by chapter to deepen students' understanding of key topics and explore their research interests

For lecturers:
Customisable PowerPoint slides support effective teaching preparation
Figures and tables from the book allow clear presentation of key data and support students' data analysis

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Part One: Conceptions of Poverty and Development
1:Why Poverty and Development?, Alan Thomas and Tim Allen
2:Poverty and Inequality, Naila Kabeer and Alan Thomas
3:Meanings and Views of Development, Alan Thomas
4:Agencies of Development, Duncan Green and Tom Kirk
Part Two: Aspects and Causes of Poverty
5:Hunger and Famine, Tim Allen, Shun-Nan Chiang, and Ben Crow
6:Diseases of Poverty, Melissa Parker and Cristin Fergus
7:Poverty and Education, Peggy Froerer
8:Unemployment and Making a Living, David Wield
9:Population, Poverty and Development, Valeria Cetorelli and Alan Thomas
10:Environmental Degradation and Sustainability, Kathryn Hochstetler
11:War and Armed Conflict, Tim Allen and Tom Kirk
Part Three: Transformation and Development
12:Diversity in Pre-Capitalist Societies, Janet Bujra
13:Colonialism, Capitalism, Development, Henry Bernstein
14:The Power of Colonial States, David Potter and Alan Thomas
15:The Era of Development - A short history, Tom Hewitt
16:Socialist Models of Development and the Rise of China, Guoer Liu and Andrew Kilmister
Part Four: Challenges for Development
17:Democratization, Governance, and Development, David Potter, Alan Thomas, and Maria Lopez del Uribe
18:Rethinking Gender Matters in Development, Charlotte Brown and Ruth Pearson
19:Engineering for Development, Peter Robbins, David Wield, and Gordon Wilson
20:New Directions and Challenges for Health and Development, Cristin Fergus, Tim Allen, and Melissa Parker
21:Migration, Security, and Development, Helen Hintjens, Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, and Ali Bilgic
Part Five: Prospects for Development
22:Digital Technologies, Tony Roberts, Kevin Hernandez, and Becky Faith
23:City Life, Jo Beall
24:Identity Politics and Clashing Cultures, Tom Kirk, Tim Allen, and John Eade
25:Climate Change and the End of Development, Dina Abbott, Gordon Wilson, and Alan Thomas
26:Returning to the 'Great Transformation', John Harriss
27:Poverty and Development: Prospects for the future, Ikenna Acholonu, Charlotte Brown, and Ingrina Shieh
Conclusion

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Author Information

Edited by Tim Allen, inaugural Director of the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Alan Thomas, Former Chair of International Development, Swansea University

Tim Allen is the inaugural Director of the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, and is a Professor in the Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Alan Thomas is now retired, previously co-founder of Development Policy and Practice at The Open University, then Chair of International Development at Swansea University.

Contributors:

Tom Kirk, London School Of Economics and Political Science
Dina Abbott, University of Derby
Alan Thomas, retired, previously Open and Swansea Universities
Tim Allen, LSE
Naila Kabeer, LSE
Duncan Green, LSE & Oxfam GB
Shun-Nan Chiang, University of California Santa Cruz
Ben Crow, University of California Santa Cruz
Melissa Parker, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Cristin Fergus, LSE
Peggy Froerer, Brunel University London
Valeria Cetorelli, LSE
David Wield, Open University
David Potter, Open University
Guoer Liu, University of Michigan
Janet Bujra, University of Bradford
Henry Bernstein, SOAS
Andy Kilmister, Oxford Brookes University
Tom Hewitt, University of Birmingham
Maria Lopez del Uribe, Universidad de los Andes
Ruth Pearson, University of Leeds
Charlotte Brown, LSE
Peter Robbins, Open University
Gordon Wilson, Open University
Helen Hintjens, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kevin Hernandez, Institute of Development Studies
Jo Beall, LSE
Tony Roberts, Institute of Development Studies
John Eade, University of Roehampton
Becky Faith, Institute of Development Studies
Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ali Bilgic, Erasmus University

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Poverty and Development

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Edited by Tim Allen and Alan Thomas

Reviews and Awards

"This is exactly the sort of book that people go to university to read and discuss. It provides a great deal of food for thought for hungry minds: mixing theory and evidence very well, giving a wide geographical range of examples and drawing good conclusions. " - Dr Kevin Manton, SOAS University of London

"Migration, Security & Development is an excellent new chapter. Well-balanced, it tackles the politics of migration in a nuanced manner." - Professor Mustapha Pasha, Aberystwyth University