The Elgar Companion to Development Studies

The Elgar Companion to Development Studies is an innovative and unique reference book that includes original contributions covering development economics as well as development studies broadly defined. This major new Companion brings together an international panel of experts from varying backgrounds who discuss theoretical, ethical and practical issues relating to economic, social, cultural, institutional, political and human aspects of development in poor countries. It also includes a selection of intellectual biographies of leading development thinkers. While the Companion is organised along the lines of an encyclopaedia, each of its 136 entries provide more depth and discussion than the average reference book. Its entries are also extremely diverse: they draw on different social science disciplines, incorporate various mixes of theoretical and applied work, embrace a variety of methodologies and represent different views of the world. The Elgar Companion to Development Studies will therefore appeal to students, scholars, researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the filed of development as well as the interested layman.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface Introduction: Development Studies in the Twenty-First Century David A. Clark 1. Ageing and Development Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 2. Agriculture and Economic Growth C. Peter Timmer 3. Assets, Markets and Entitlement Julian May 4. Basic Needs Approach Frances Stewart 5. Bauer, Peter Tamas (1915–2002) Walter Elkan 6. Boserup, Ester (b. 1910) Irene Tinker 7. Cambridge Controversies in Growth Theory Avi J. Cohen 8. Capability Approach David A. Clark 9. Capitalism and Development John Sender and Jonathan R. Pincus 10. Child Labour Kristoffel Lieten 11. Child Poverty Santosh Mehrotra 12. Chronic Poverty David Hulme 13. Class Alastair Greig, David Hulme and Mark Turner 14. Colonialism Stephen Howe 15. Conflict and Conflict Resolution Tom Woodhouse 16. Corporate Social Responsibility David Birch 17. Cost–Benefit Analysis for Development John Weiss 18. Crisis Management David Alexander 19. Culture and Development Des Gasper 20. Debt Crisis A.P. Thirlwall 21. Democracy and Development Irma Adelman 22. Dependency John S. Saul and Colin Leys 23. Development Ethics Denis Goulet 24. Diploma Disease Angela W. Little 25. Disability and Development Barbara Harriss-White and Devi Sridhar 26. Disaster Mitigation Ailsa Holloway 27. The Domar Model Robert M. Solow 28. East Asian Crisis Kaushik Basu 29. Economic Aid Howard White 30. Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals Keith M. Lewin 31. Education, Returns to Geeta Kingdon 32. Endogenous Growth Heinz D. Kurz 33. Environment and Development David Pearce 34. Ethnicity Robert H. Bates 35. Famine as a Social Phenomenon S.R. Osmani 36. Food Security John Cathie 37. Foreign Direct Investment Luiz de Mello 38. Gender and Development Ruth Pearson 39. Global Inequalities Richard Jolly 40. Globalisation and Development Leslie Sklair 41. Globalisation and Development Policy Ian Goldin 42. Green Revolution and Biotechnology Jonathan R. Pincus 43. Haq, Mahbub ul (1934–1998) Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Selim Jahan 44. The Harrod Model of Growth and Some Early Reactions to It G.C. Harcourt 45. Hill, Polly (1914–2005) C.A. Gregory 46. Hirschman, Albert Otto (b. 1915) Osvaldo Feinstein 47. History and Development Studies Amiya Bagchi 48. HIV/AIDS and Development Tony Barnett 49. Human Capital Sriya Iyer 50. Human Development Mozaffar Qizilbash 51. Human Development and Economic Growth Gustav Ranis 52. Human Development Index Amartya K. Sen 53. Human Rights Bas de Gaay Fortman 54. Human Security Selim Jahan 55. Income Distribution Richard Jolly 56. Inequality Measurement James E. Foster 57. Informal Sector Employment Jan Breman 58. Institutions and Development Pranab Bardhan 59. Internal Migration and Rural Livelihood Diversification Rachel Murphy 60. International Trade Arvind Panagariya 61. Kaldor, Nicholas (1908–1986) J.S.L. McCombie 62. Kalecki, Michal (1899–1970) Jan Toporowski 63. Kindleberger, Charles Poor (1910–2003) Mića Panić 64. Kuznets, Simon (1901–1985) Moshe Syrquin 65. Labour Markets Guy Standing 66. Land Reform Henry Bernstein 67. Least Developed Countries Dharam Ghai 68. The Lewis Model Prabhat Patnaik 69. Lewis, (William) Arthur (1915–1991) Andrew S. Downes 70. Livelihoods Approach Frank Ellis 71. Marx, Karl (1818–1883) Peter Nolan 72. Media Communications and Development Rachel Murphy 73. Microfinance Michael Woolcock 74. Migration for Rural Work Ben Rogaly 75. Migration, International Ronald Skeldon 76. Militarism and Development Jean Drèze 77. Military Expenditure and Economic Growth Jean Drèze 78. Millennium Development Goals Howard White 79. Missing Women Stephan Klasen 80. Modernisation Theory Ray Kiely 81. Myrdal, Gunnar (1898–1987) Paul Streeten 82. National Accounting John M. Hartwick 83. National Economic Planning Paul G. Hare 84. Nationalism and Development John Harriss 85. NGOs and Civil Society Anthony Bebbington and Sam Hickey 86. North, Douglass (b. 1920) Alexander J. Field 87. Participatory Research Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi 88. Planning Marshall Goldman 89. Population and Development Tim Dyson 90. Population: Policy and Ethics Shailaja Fennell 91. Post-Development Arturo Escobar 92. Poverty and Growth Martin Ravallion 93. Poverty Measurement Stefan Dercon 94. Poverty, Characteristics of Mamphela Ramphele 95. Prebisch, Raul (1901–1986) Edgar J. Dosman 96. Privatisation Paul Cook, Colin Kirkpatrick and David Parker 97. Property Rights and Development Daniel W. Bromley 98. Public Works Anna McCord 99. Purchasing Power Parity John Cullis 100. Rawls, John (1921–2002) Nigel Dower 101. Refugees Khalid Koser 102. Religion and Development Sabina Alkire 103. Rent Seeking and Corruption Mushtaq Khan 104. Robinson, (Edward) Austin (Gossage) (1897–1993) G.C. Harcourt 105. Robinson, Joan (1903–1983) G.C. Harcourt 106. Rural Poverty Reduction Frank Ellis 107. Seers, Dudley (1920–1983) Mike Faber 108. Sen, Amartya Kumar (b. 1933) Carl Riskin 109. Sharecropping Terence J. Byres 110. Singer, Hans (b. 1910–2006) D. John Shaw 111. Smith, Adam (1723–1790) Peter Nolan 112. Social Capital Ben Fine 113. Social Exclusion Adolfo Figueroa 114. Social Justice Christopher Bertram 115. The Solow–Swan Model Robert Dixon 116. State and Development Atul Kohli 117. Stock Market and Economic Development Ajit Singh 118. Streeten, Paul Patrick (b. 1917) Hugh Stretton 119. Structural Adjustment Howard Stein 120. Structural Transformation Moshe Syrquin 121. Structure and Agency Jan Douwe van der Ploeg 122. Sustainable Consumption David Pearce 123. Sustainable Development David Pearce 124. Technology and Development Sanjaya Lall 125. Tinbergen, Jan (1903–1994) Louis Emmerij 126. Tourism and Development Ron Ayres 127. Trade and Industrial Policy Ha-Joon Chang 128. Trade Negotiations and Protectionism Chien Yen Goh 129. Transition Michael Ellman 130. Transnational Corporations Bruce Weisse 131. Uneconomic Growth Herman E. Daly 132. Urban Livelihoods Carole Rakodi 133. Urbanisation and Third World Cities David Satterthwaite 134. Vulnerability and Coping Frank Ellis 135. Washington Consensus John Weeks and Howard Stein 136. Water and Development Jaqui Goldin Index

About the Author :
Edited by David Alexander Clark, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, UK

Review :
'If handbooks can be inspiring, this is it! Like a true companion, it takes in its stride conversations both big and small. Its entries do not just present an international and multidisciplinary mix, but - true to life - they work on several different scales. And, importantly, the book makes its authority evident. For it is like an extended website, but with all the added advantages of an encyclopaedia that actually tells you about the authors and the sources on which they have drawn. The resulting compilation is highly intelligent, thoughtful and above all usable.' 'The Elgar Companion to Development Studies is a major production in the development studies field, authored by a star-studded cast of contributors. With 136 entries covering a vast range of topics, it should quickly establish itself as a leading work of reference. We should all feel indebted to David Clark, who has successfully brought this substantial publishing project to completion.' 'This is a most comprehensive handbook on development studies. It brings together a wide, varied array of carefully crafted summaries of 136 key topics in development by an international cast of well-respected academics and other experts in respective areas of study. The handbook is heavily interdisciplinary, organically combining economic, political, historical, social, cultural, institutional, ethical, and human aspects of development. While the wide range of entries might appear as a simple glossary listing or an encyclopedic collection, each of the 136 entries offers more depth and discussion than the average handbook. . . . Viewed in this light, this companion is highly likely to become known as a leading reference work on the topic. Highly recommended.'