Development studies
Development studies is an
Professional bodies
Throughout the world, a number of professional bodies for development studies have been founded:[2]
- Europe: European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
- Latin America: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
- Asia: Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA)
- Africa: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
- Arabic world: Arab Institutes and Centers for Economic and Social Development Research (AICARDES)
The common umbrella organisation of these association is the Inter-regional Coordinating Committee of Development Associations (ICCDA). In the
Disciplines of development studies
Development issues include:
- Adult education
- Area studies
- Anthropology
- Community development
- Demography
- Development aid
- Development communication
- Development theory
- Diaspora studies
- Ecology
- Economic development
- Economic History
- Environmental studies
- Geography
- Gender studies
- Governance
- History of economic thought
- Human rights
- Human security
- Indigenous rights
- Industrial relations
- Industrialization
- International business
- International development
- International relations
- Journalism
- Media Studies
- Migration studies
- Partnership
- Peace and conflict studies
- Pedagogy
- Philosophy
- Political philosophy
- Population studies
- Postcolonialism
- Psychology
- Public administration
- Public health
- Rural development
- Queer studies
- Sociology
- Social policy
- Social development
- Social work
- Sustainable development
- Urban studies
- Women's studies
History
The emergence of development studies as an academic discipline in the second half of the twentieth century is in large part due to increasing concern about economic prospects for the
More than half the people of the world are living in conditions approaching misery. Their food is inadequate. They are victims of disease. Their economic life is primitive and stagnant. Their poverty is a handicap and a threat both to them and to more prosperous areas. For the first time in history, humanity possesses the knowledge and the skill to relieve the suffering of these people.[6]
But development studies has since also taken an interest in lessons of past development experiences of Western countries. More recently, the emergence of human security – a new, people-oriented approach to understanding and addressing global security threats – has led to a growing recognition of a relationship between security and development. Human security argues that inequalities and insecurity in one state or region have consequences for global security and that it is thus in the interest of all states to address underlying development issues. This relationship with studies of human security is but one example of the interdisciplinary nature of development studies.
Global Research cooperation between researchers from countries in the
See also
- Global South Development Magazine
- City development index
- Colonization
- Community development
- Development (disambiguation)
- Development Cooperation Issues
- Development Cooperation Stories
- Development Cooperation Testimonials
- Economic development
- Human rights
- Human security
- Industrialization
- International development
- North-South research partnerships
- Postdevelopment theory
- Right to development
- Social development
- Social work
- Sustainable development
- World-systems theory
References
- ^ Kothari, U. (ed), A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies – but see The Journal of Peasant Studies 34/1 (2007) for an alternative view.
- ^ "About ICCDA". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ^ Kothari, U. (ed), A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies
- ISBN 978-0-906321-26-3
- ^ Rist, G., The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith
- ^ "Address by Harry S. Truman, 1949". Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13.
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Further reading
- Breuer, Martin. "Development" (2015). University Bielefeld: Center for InterAmerican Studies.
- Pradella, Lucia and Marois, Thomas, eds. (2015) Polarizing Development: Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis. Pluto Press.
- Sachs, Wolfgang, ed. (1992) The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power. Zed Books.