Challenging Global Inequality

Development Theory and Practice in the 21st Century

Author: Alastair Greig
Secondary Author: David Hulme
ISBN: 9781403948243

This major new text provides systematic coverage of classical and more recent theoretical approaches to inequality and poverty, as well as a thorough assessment of development in the twentieth century and its prospects for the twenty-first. Taking full account of the impact of globalization, US hegemony, and the challenges of environmental sustainability and community participation, it sets out a range of alternative views, models and paths for development from the UN's Millennium Development Goals to their radical critics.

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publish Date: 2007-02-15

Subjects: Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development, Political Science / Political Economy

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