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Since its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development, this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary spectrum. This substantially expanded and fully updated second edition in the relaunched series without the numerical constraint includes an additional 24 essays, filling in many gaps in the original selection, greatly improving the gender balance and diversifying coverage to reflect the evolving landscape of development in theory, policy and practice.

It presents a unique guide to the lives, ideas and practices of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies and development policy and practice. Its thoughtful essays reflect the diversity of development in theory, policy and practice across time, space, disciplines and commun

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Adebayo Adedeji (1930–2018) Irma Adelman (1930–2017) Anil Agarwal (1947–2002) Elmar Altvater (1938–2018) Samir Amin (1931–2018) Alice Amsden (1943–2012) A.T. Ariyaratne (1931–) Jagdish Bhagwati (1934–) Piers Blaikie (1942–) James M. (Jim) Blaut (1927–2000) Norman Borlaug (1914–2009) Ester Boserup (1910–1999) Harold Brookfield (1926–) Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931–) Michael Cernea (1934–) Robert Chambers (1932–) Hollis B. Chenery (1918–1994) Diane Elson (1946–) Arturo Escobar (1952–) Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) Fei Xiaotong (1919–2005) Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005) Paolo Freire (1921–1997) John Friedmann (1926–2017) Celso Furtado (1920–2004) Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi (1869–1948) Susan George (1934–) Alexander Gerschenkron (1904–1978) Jayati Ghosh (1955–) Eduardo Gudynas (1960–) Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) Gerald K. Helleiner (1936–) Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012) Philippe Hugon (1939–2018) Richard Jolly (1934–) Naila Kabeer (1950–) Michał Kalecki (1899–1970) Inge Kaul (1944–) Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914–1999) Charles Poor Kindleberger (1910–2003) Sir William Arthur Lewis (1915–1991) Michael Lipton (1937–) Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Karl Marx (1818–1883) Manfred Max-Neef (1932–) Terence Gary McGee (1936–) Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) Kwame Francis Nkrumah (1909–1972) Ragnar Nurkse (1907–1957) Julius Kambaragwe Nyerere (1922–1999) Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) François Perroux (1903–1987) Karl Polanyi (1886–1964) Raúl Prebisch (1901–1986) Aníbal Quijano (1928–2018) Joan Robinson (1903–1983) Walter Rodney (1942–1980) Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985) Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003) Aruna Roy (1946–) Ignacy Sachs (1927–) E.F. (Fritz) Schumacher (1911–1977) Dudley Seers (1920–1983) Amartya Kumar Sen (1933–) Hans Wolfgang Singer (1910–2006) Frances Stewart (1940–) Joseph Stiglitz (1943–) Paul Patrick Streeten (1917–2019) James Tobin (1918–2002) Mahbub Ul Haq (1934–1998) Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Wang Hui (1959–) Eric R. Wolf (1923–1999) Peter Worsley (1924–2013)

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 1/18/2019 12:04:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138494329, 978-1138494329
      ISBN10: 1138494321

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Since its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development, this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary spectrum. This substantially expanded and fully updated second edition in the relaunched series without the numerical constraint includes an additional 24 essays, filling in many gaps in the original selection, greatly improving the gender balance and diversifying coverage to reflect the evolving landscape of development in theory, policy and practice.

      It presents a unique guide to the lives, ideas and practices of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies and development policy and practice. Its thoughtful essays reflect the diversity of development in theory, policy and practice across time, space, disciplines and commun

      Table of Contents

      Adebayo Adedeji (1930–2018) Irma Adelman (1930–2017) Anil Agarwal (1947–2002) Elmar Altvater (1938–2018) Samir Amin (1931–2018) Alice Amsden (1943–2012) A.T. Ariyaratne (1931–) Jagdish Bhagwati (1934–) Piers Blaikie (1942–) James M. (Jim) Blaut (1927–2000) Norman Borlaug (1914–2009) Ester Boserup (1910–1999) Harold Brookfield (1926–) Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931–) Michael Cernea (1934–) Robert Chambers (1932–) Hollis B. Chenery (1918–1994) Diane Elson (1946–) Arturo Escobar (1952–) Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) Fei Xiaotong (1919–2005) Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005) Paolo Freire (1921–1997) John Friedmann (1926–2017) Celso Furtado (1920–2004) Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi (1869–1948) Susan George (1934–) Alexander Gerschenkron (1904–1978) Jayati Ghosh (1955–) Eduardo Gudynas (1960–) Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) Gerald K. Helleiner (1936–) Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012) Philippe Hugon (1939–2018) Richard Jolly (1934–) Naila Kabeer (1950–) Michał Kalecki (1899–1970) Inge Kaul (1944–) Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914–1999) Charles Poor Kindleberger (1910–2003) Sir William Arthur Lewis (1915–1991) Michael Lipton (1937–) Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Karl Marx (1818–1883) Manfred Max-Neef (1932–) Terence Gary McGee (1936–) Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) Kwame Francis Nkrumah (1909–1972) Ragnar Nurkse (1907–1957) Julius Kambaragwe Nyerere (1922–1999) Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) François Perroux (1903–1987) Karl Polanyi (1886–1964) Raúl Prebisch (1901–1986) Aníbal Quijano (1928–2018) Joan Robinson (1903–1983) Walter Rodney (1942–1980) Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985) Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003) Aruna Roy (1946–) Ignacy Sachs (1927–) E.F. (Fritz) Schumacher (1911–1977) Dudley Seers (1920–1983) Amartya Kumar Sen (1933–) Hans Wolfgang Singer (1910–2006) Frances Stewart (1940–) Joseph Stiglitz (1943–) Paul Patrick Streeten (1917–2019) James Tobin (1918–2002) Mahbub Ul Haq (1934–1998) Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Wang Hui (1959–) Eric R. Wolf (1923–1999) Peter Worsley (1924–2013)

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