International development and global politics : history, theory and practice / David Williams.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [176]-192) and index.

Introduction: development and international order -- Part one: Development and the sovereign order: the sovereign order; development theory in the sovereign order; development institutions in the sovereign order; development practice in the sovereign order -- Part two: Development and the liberal order: the liberal order; development theory in the liberal order; development institutions in the liberal order; development practice in the liberal order -- Conclusion: changing order? changing development?.

This textbook provides a historical survey of economic and political development theory and practice from 1945. Against the background of changes in global politics, it explores how the project of international development has been shaped in a series of wider contexts. Divided into two historical parts: the Sovereign Order, post 1945 to the early-1980s, and the Liberal post-Cold War Era from the 1980s to the present day, it examines: The evolution of ideas of international development: how the problem of development was conceived and is understood in relation to development economics and political development. It also addresses the impact of neo-liberal {u2018}counterrevolution{u2019} in development theory, the rise of good governance, participation and ownership, as well as the impact of the {u2018}war on terror{u2019} and the {u2018}securitisation of development.{u2019} Institutions in international development: from the emergence of development agencies, their policies and the provision of different types of aid to changing aid flows and the growth of a more integrated {u2018}development community{u2019} with implications for developing countries. Finally, it looks at the how the {u2018}war on terror{u2019} and the {u2018}securitisation of development{u2019} have shaped what these agencies do. The practices of international development: these chapters examine a number of countries and their relations with development agencies; the kinds of projects and programmes these agencies supported; and the outcomes of these projects and programmes.