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International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects de Bruce Currie-Alder

International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects

Editat de Bruce Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David M. Malone, Rohinton Medhora
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 feb 2014

Analiza modului în care eșecul prescripțiilor politice generale survine atunci când condițiile locale sunt ignorate reprezintă punctul central de greutate al acestui volum masiv publicat de Oxford University Press. Remarcăm efortul editorial coordonat de Bruce Currie-Alder și Ravi Kanbur de a cartografia nu doar succesele economice, ci și evoluția conceptuală a termenului de „dezvoltare” prin contribuții care acoperă cel puțin două generații de gânditori. Suntem de părere că relevanța acestui titlu pentru curriculumul de studii de dezvoltare și relații internaționale rezidă în abordarea sa critică: fiecare capitol funcționează ca un studiu analitic ce evidențiază dezbaterile actuale și perspectivele divergente dintre Nordul și Sudul Global.

Spre deosebire de Research for the Developing World, unde Bruce Currie-Alder se concentra pe mecanismele de finanțare și politicile de cercetare din țări precum Canada sau Regatul Unit, International Development extinde spectrul către o viziune teoretică și practică globală. Apreciem includerea tabelelor și figurilor care transformă cele peste 900 de pagini într-un instrument de lucru riguros, nu doar într-o colecție de eseuri. Cartea se poziționează ca o alternativă academică solidă la Managing Development in a Globalized World de Habib Zafarullah pentru cursurile de politici publice, cu avantajul unei perspective mai vaste asupra traiectoriilor istorice și a unei diversități disciplinare sporite. Este, în esență, o resursă care documentează cum ideile despre dezvoltare au fost modelate de experiențele reale ale diferitelor state, refuzând simplificările ideologice în favoarea complexității contextuale.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199671663
ISBN-10: 0199671664
Pagini: 972
Ilustrații: Figures and Tables
Dimensiuni: 171 x 247 x 54 mm
Greutate: 1.63 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această lucrare studenților la masterat și practicienilor din domeniul cooperării internaționale care au nevoie de o bază teoretică profundă. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere nuanțată a motivelor pentru care modelele universale de dezvoltare eșuează, primind în schimb instrumente de analiză adaptate contextelor locale. Este resursa de referință pentru oricine dorește să înțeleagă mecanismele din spatele evoluției societăților moderne.

Despre autor

Bruce Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David M. Malone și Rohinton Medhora sunt figuri marcante în peisajul studiilor de dezvoltare globală. Bruce Currie-Alder este recunoscut pentru analizele sale privind politicile de cercetare, explorând în lucrări anterioare cum statele își definesc obiectivele de asistență externă. Ravi Kanbur, profesor la Cornell University, este un expert de renume mondial în economie și politici publice, fost economist-șef al Băncii Mondiale. Împreună cu David M. Malone (diplomat și academician canadian) și Rohinton Medhora, aceștia au consolidat o echipă editorială capabilă să sintetizeze decenii de experiență practică și teoretică în cadrul unor instituții de prestigiu internațional.

Descriere

Thinking on development informs and inspires the actions of people, organizations, and states in their continuous effort to invent a better world. This volume examines the ideas behind development: their origins, how they have changed and spread over time, and how they may evolve over the coming decades. It also examines how the real-life experiences of different countries and organizations have been inspired by, and contributed to, thinking on development. The extent to which development 'works' depends in part on particular local, historical, or institutional contexts. General policy prescriptions fail when the necessary conditions that make them work are either absent, ignored, or poorly understood. There is a need to grasp how people understand their own development experience. If the countries of the world are varied in every way, from their initial conditions to the degree of their openness to outside money and influence, and success is not centred in any one group, it stands to reason that there cannot be a single recipe for development.Each chapter provides an analytical survey of thinking about development that highlights debates and takes into account critical perspectives. It includes contributions from scholars and practitioners from the global North and the global South, spanning at least two generations and multiple disciplines. It will be a key reference on the concepts and theories of development - their origins, evolution, and trajectories - and act as a resource for scholars, graduate students, and practitioners.

Recenzii

Through its richness and depth, the volume addresses a wide audience of students and researchers interested in the issue of development. In particular, it is a useful tool for those scholars looking for a starting point for grasping the fundamental issues presently at stake and an introduction to the main territories explored by the research. The book provides a synthesis, or at least a shared framework, of a debate that appears to have multiplied its perspectives. While this multiplicity may be puzzling at first glance, as suggested by the editors, it is a potential resource for this field of study and action that, in the near future, has to address a conscious diversification of objectives to tackle the issues of each territory. The contribution given by the book is fundamental to meeting this challenge.
The books will be of great interest to students in public policy, governance and area studies in particular.

Notă biografică

Bruce Currie-Alder is Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt. His work examines the governance of public research funding and scientific cooperation with developing countries. His past position within IDRC was Senior Policy Advisor and Chief of Staff, facilitating corporate strategy and contributing to Canada's foreign policy. Before joining IDRC in 2003, he worked on environmental management in the Mexican oil industry and published on grassroots natural resource management in Latin America. He holds a Master's in natural resource management from Simon Fraser University and a PhD in public policy from Carleton University.Ravi Kanbur bridges the worlds of rigorous academic analysis and practical policy making in development economics. He has served at the World Bank in various roles, including resident representative in Ghana, Chief Economist of the African Region, Principal Advisor to the Chief Economist, and Director of the World Development Report. Professor Kanbur has taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Essex, Warwick, Princeton, and Columbia. His work spans conceptual, empirical, and policy analysis, including more than 200 publications, many in leading journals. Kanbur is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and holds a DPhil in economics from the University of Oxford. David M. Malone is Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Rector of the UN University (UNU) headquartered in Tokyo. Previously, he was President of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and prior to that the Canadian High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal. He has also been the President of the International Peace Academy (New York) and a Canadian ambassador to the United Nations. He joined Canada's Department of External Affairs in 1975 and served in Ottawa, Cairo, Amman, and New York. Malone is a graduate of Harvard and Oxford Universities, l'Université de Montréal, and the American University in Cairo.Rohinton Medhora is the President of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Previously Dr Medhora was Vice-President of Programs at Canada's International Development Research Centre, where he undertook a series of leadership roles, including directing the Social and Economic Policy program and heading programs related to international economic relations and economic policy. His publications include 'Financial Reform in Developing Countries and Finance and Competitiveness in Developing Countries'. Prior to IDRC, Dr Medhora was with the faculty of economics at University of Toronto, where he also earned his PhD.