Table of Contents

Part I: Theories of and Approaches to International Development1. Meaning, Measurement, and Morality in International Development2. Imperialism and the Colonial Experience3. Theories of Development4. Post-development5. Gender and Development: The Struggles of Women in the Global South6. Globalization and DevelopmentPart II: International Development Actors7. State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?8. National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid9. The International Financial Institutions10. The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development11. Multinational Corporations12. Civil Society and DevelopmentPart III: Issues in International Development13. Poverty and Exclusion: From Basic Needs to the Millennium Development Goals14. Debt and Development15. Free Trade and Fair Trade16. Democracy17. Environment and Development18. Rural Development19. Urban Development: Cities and Slums in the Global South20. Development and Health21. Education and Development: The Perennial Contradictions of Policy Discourse22. Conflict and Development23. International Migration and Development24. Indigenous Peoples: A Category in Development25. Technology, Information, and Development26. Culture and Development27. China, Globalization, and DevelopmentEpilogueGlossary

About the Author

Paul A. Haslam obtained a PhD in political studies from Queen's University. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, he also worked at the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL), a non-governmental organization based in Ottawa that works on issues of public policy in Latin America. He remains a senior fellow of FOCAL. His teaching and research interests span both international development and international political economy. His current
research focusses on corporate social responsibility, state-firm relations in Latin America (particularly Argentina and Chile), and the international regulation of foreign direct investment in Latin America.

Jessica Schafer is an adjunct professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. She has conducted research for the United States Agency for International Development, the Overseas Development Institute, and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom. Her book on former combatants of the civil war in Mozambique was published with Palgrave Macmillan in 2007. She is on the executive board of the Canadian
Association for Studies in International Development and on the editorial committee of the International Development Series of the University of Ottawa Press.

Pierre Beaudet is a replacement professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. He has 25 years of experience in international development as a researcher and manager of various programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and as a consultant for CIDA, the United Nations Development Programme, and several Canadian and international NGOs. In these contexts, he produced extensive analyses of development issues and the impacts of
globalization in developing countries such as Brazil, India, Palestine, South Africa, and Niger. He has taught in a institutions around the world.

Reviews

"Each of the chapters tackles an important and pertinent topic and does so in a critical light. . . . An excellent contribution to the field and a strong reference for students."

--Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, University of Guelph
"The text possesses excellent breadth. . . . I especially appreciate the inclusion of the new chapter on urban development."

--J. Andrew Grant, Queen's University