Abstract
This contribution identifies development as an emergent and contested key concept in the social and environmental sciences. 'Development studies' describes a field that includes multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary approaches to economic growth, basic needs, inequality, human development, rights, resources, livelihoods, and sustainability, focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on 'developing' countries. The scope and content of development studies is described and the main schools of thought, theoretical debates, concepts, and indicators are discussed in historical context, ranging from the colonial appropriation of natural resources to modernization and its critiques, to current agendas for sustainable and rights-based human development.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 307-313 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080970875 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780080970868 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Mar 2015 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Keywords
- Basic needs
- Cold War
- Decolonization
- Dependency
- Development
- Development studies
- Economic growth
- Economics
- Globalization
- Human development
- Inequality
- Neoliberalism
- Postdevelopment
- Sustainable development
- Third World
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