Development Studies: A Reader

• Acknowledgements, Preface and Prospectus, World Map, Section One: Thinking about Development, Section Two: Agrarian Change and Rural Development, Section Three: How Poor People Survive: The Weapons of the Weak, Section Four: Urbanization and Industrialization, Section Five: The Global Political Economy, Section Six: New Directions in Development Studies, Index

...will be required reading for all undergraduates and Masters students concerned with development studies. Geography, Vol 81, Part 2, April 1996 Taken together, the texts selected and Corbridge's introductory remarks do present a broad overview of the field of develpment studies. European Journal of Develoopmental Research The editor's own comments and reviews of central debates are excellent and reflect intimate knowledge of the field and the competing positions and theories. European Journal of Developmental Research An excellent update of earlier readers. Development and Change