| Reviews |
| - ''..an excellent resource for students....the illustration of a new way of approaching development provides a refreshingly empowering approach to displacements.'' - Michelle Kooy, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Progress in Development Studies
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| Description | | - Companion volume to the hugely popular Poverty and Development
by Tim Allen and Alan Thomas, also published by OUP.
- The first textbook to deal specifically and systematically with the larger issues in development and displacement.
- The case studies and arguments in each chapter are original and innovative.
Case studies are taken from around the world and are accompanied by maps and illustrations, bringing them to life and aiding interpretation.
- A range of pedagogical features, including clearly written text, summaries at the end of each section, margin notes, and definition boxes, increase readability and student comprehension.
| Development and Displacement
draws together a number of emergent challenges to the practices and theories of development in the contemporary world, associated with forms of displacement.
Starting with the headline-grabbing emergencies associated with forced displacement, both international and within states, the book moves on to explore the often more voluntary movements associated with
diasporic networks and communities. Using a broad definition of displacement it explores the influence of trends in the mobility of people, as well as information and investments, on the development of cities. Finally, the same approach is used to understand the growing role of transnational campaigns and networking in shaping development agendas.
The authors offer a careful analytical
approach to the phenomenon of displacement, drawing on the work of development theorists, geographers and cultural studies. Illustrating the persisting importance of places and territories in a globalising world where social and economic networks and flows are increasingly significant, Development and Displacement offers a range of suggestions as to how development agendas, agencies of
development, and conceptualisations of development are being reframed in response to this shifting environment.
Students will find their reading of this text well supported by clear marginal notes, extended definitions of key terms, embedded case studies, extracts from relevant texts, as well as numerous maps, illustrations and diagrams.
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Readership: Undergraduate students from a range of disciplines, particularly Geography, Development Studies, and Cultural Studies.
Academics will also find the overall approach of the book of interest.
| Contents |
Preface
1.
INTRODUCTION: Introduction to development and displacement, The aims of this book, Displacement: disaster or opportunity?, Transnational and translocal development, Reframing development studies
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Jenny Robinson
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FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND THE NATION-STATE: Introduction, Tensions in the nation-state model of political organisation, The international refugee regime: 'normalising' the refugee, Forced resettlement, development and the state, Conclusion: who are we?
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David Turton
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DIASPORA AND DEVELOPMENT: Introduction to diaspora and development, Conceptualising diaspora and development, Identies and diaspora, Development in, through and by the diaspora, Conclusion: the future of diasporas and development
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Giles Mohan
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CITY FUTURES: NEW TERRITORIES FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES?: Introduction to city futures, Development and displacement in cities, Urban development challenges, Cities and globalisation, Cities and displacement: assembling flows, Negotiating urban futures across diversity, Conclusion
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Jenny Robinson
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THINK LOCAL, ACT GLOBAL: TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS AND DEVELOPMENT: Introduction to transnational networks and development, Transnational networks and the association revolution, Transnational networks, territories and development, Scaling-up, Global campaigning, Bridging levels, Conclusion
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Helen Yanacopulos
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CONCLUSION: Displacement and development, Alternative forms of development, New agencies of development, New spaces of development studies, Key development concepts, Reframing development
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Giles Mohan and Jenny Robinson
References
Acknowledgements
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Jenny Robinson, Co-Course Chair and Lecturer in Geography, Open University,
David Turton, formerly Director, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford,
Giles Mohan, Department of Geography, Portsmouth University, and
Helen Yanacopulos, Lecturer in Development Studies, Open University
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