Poverty and Development

Part One: Conceptions of Poverty and Development
1. Alan Thomas and Tim Allen: Why Poverty and Development?
2. Naila Kabeer and Alan Thomas: Poverty and Inequality
3. Alan Thomas: Meanings and views of development
4. Duncan Green and Tom Kirk: Agencies of Development
Part Two: Aspects and Causes of Poverty
5. Tim Allen, Shun-Nan Chiang and Ben Crow: Hunger and Famine
6. Melissa Parker and Cristin Fergus: Diseases of Poverty
7. Peggy Froerer: Poverty and Education
8. David Wield: Unemployment and making a living
9. Valeria Cetorelli and Alan Thomas: Population, Poverty and Development
10. Kathryn Hochstetler: Environmental Degradation and Sustainability
11. Tim Allen and Tom Kirk: War and Armed Conflict
Part Three: Transformation and Development
12. Janet Bujra: Diversity in pre-capitalist societies
13. Henry Bernstein: Colonialism, capitalism, development
14. David Potter and Alan Thomas: The Power of Colonial States
15. Tom Hewitt: The era of development A short history
16. Guoer Liu and Andy Kilmister: The legacies and prospects of socialist models of development
Part Four: Challenges for Development
17. David Potter, Alan Thomas and Maria Lopez del Uribe: Democratization, Governance and Development
18. Charlotte Brown and Ruth Pearson: Rethinking Gender Matters in Development
19. Peter Robbins, David Wield, Gordon Wilson: Engineering for Development
20. Cristin Fergus, Tim Allen and Melissa Parker: New Directions and Challenges for Health
21. Helen Hintjens, Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, Ali Bilgic: Migration, Security and Development
Part Five: Prospects for Development
22. Tony Roberts, Kevin Hernandez and Becky Faith: Digital Technologies and the Future of Poverty and Development
23. Jo Beall: City Life
24. Tom Kirk, Tim Allen, and John Eade: Identity Politics and Clashing Cultures
25. Dina Abbott, Gordon Wilson and Alan Thomas: Climate Change and the End of Development
26. John Harriss: Returning to the Great Transformation
27. Conclusion

Instructor's Manual
- PowerPoint slides
- Figures and tables from the text
Student Study Guide
- Web links

Tim Allen is the inaugural Director of the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, and is a Professor in the Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Alan Thomas is now retired, previously co-founder of Development Policy and Practice at The Open University, then Chair of International Development at Swansea University.

Making Sense - Margot Northey

Special Features

• Offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the history, issues and future trends of development.
• Integrated learning features, including case studies that draw on lived experience, help students to develop a critical, nuanced understanding of key issues and theories.
• Expert line-up of contributors offers a diverse and rigorous range of perspectives on the field.

New to this Edition

• New chapter on New Directions and Challenges for Health provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues in health and development, including coverage of the Ebola epidemic and mental health, and featuring cases such as malnutrition in Mexico.
• New chapter 21 on Migration, Security and Development encourages critical reflection on continuing legacies of colonialism in relation to the refugee crisis, and puts displaced voices at its centre through narratives of refugees' lived experience.
• New chapter 25 on Climate Change and the End of Development examines the impact of the climate crisis in relation to sustainable development by exploring issues of lived experience of climate change, including Indigenous perspectives and intersectional vulnerability.
• New concluding chapter based on interviews with leading development practitioners, thinkers, and academics reflecting on prospects of the future.