The Companion to Development Studies is essential reading in the field of development studies. This indispensable resource offers succinct, up-to-date, and insightful chapters that reflect the diverse voices and perspectives informing the field and the dynamic interplay of theory, policy, and practice that characterises it. This fourth edition brings together contributions from an impressive range of renowned international experts and emerging voices at the forefront of development studies to deliver engaging, interdisciplinary, and provocative insights into this challenging field. The 98 chapters spanning both theory and practice offer readers accessible discussions of the core issues, emerging trends, and key debates of the discipline. Divided into nine sections of: theories and their contentions; histories and discourses of development; actors and institutions; identities and practices; people and the planet; the economics of development; conflict, violence, and peace; the changing landscape of development; and approaches to policy and practice; this timely new text provides easy to use summaries of all the major issues encountered in this rapidly growing and changing field. The Companion serves students and scholars across various disciplines, including development studies, geography, politics, international relations, sociology, anthropology, and economics. It offers incisive analysis and critical insights, equipping those working in development policy and practice with the knowledge and understanding they need to navigate and address contemporary global challenges. This textbook is supported by flexible, online resources for teaching and learning such as tutorial guides, key concept videos, and a filmography.

Table of Contents:
One: Theories and their Contentions 1) Theories, strategies and ideologies of development: an overview Robert B. Potter 2) The impasse in development studies Frans J. Schuurman 3) Dependency Theories: from ECLA to André Gunder Frank and Beyond Dennis Conway and Nik Heynen 4) The New World Group of Dependency Scholars: Reflections of a Caribbean Avant-Garde Movement Don D Marshall 5) World-systems theory: core, semi-peripheral, and peripheral regions Thomas Klak 6) Neoliberalism: Different paths within a global project Elizabeth Humphrys 7) Development as Freedom Patricia Northover 8) Postcolonialism Cheryl McEwan 9) Postmodernism and development David Simon 10) Post-Development James D Sidaway 11) Clarifying confusion between development as ‘change’ and ‘intention’ David Lewis 12) Culture and Development Susanne Schech 13) Development Ethics Des Gasper Two: Histories and discourses of development 14) Development in a global-historical context Ruth Craggs 15) Heritage and Development Charlotte Cross and John D. Giblin 16) The Changing Language of International Development Daniel Hammet 17) Representing Poverty John Cameron 18) Global North and Global South Kamna Patel 19) The shift to global development Rory Horner 20) Enlightenment and the era of modernity Marcus Power 21) The Washington Consensus and the Post-Washington Consensus Ali Burak Güven 22) Concepts and Measures of Development: Beyond GDP Jakob Dirksen 23) Global economic inequality, the great divergence, and the legacies of colonialism and enslavement Alan Shipman, Julia Chukwuma, and Emil Dauncey 24) Conflict Politics as Developmentalism Raktim Ray Three: Actors and Institutions 25) Development and Nationalism David Neilsen 26) China-Africa relations in a changing world Frangton Chiyemura 27) Civil society and civic space Peck 28) Role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Vandana Desai 29) Philanthropy, private foundations and global development Adam Fejerskov 30) For-profit consultants and contractors in development Emma Mawdsley 31) Corporate Social Responsibility: Development on Whose Terms? Maha Rafi Atal 32) Gender, Ethical Consumerism and political participation Celia Bartlett 33) Environmental Defenders and Social Movements: The Violent Realities of Resisting Extractivism Levi Gahman, Filiberto Penados and Shelda-Jane Smith 34) Religion Jones 35) Social Capital and Development Anthony Bebbington and Katherine Foo 36) Is there a legal right to development? Radha D’Souza Four: Identities and Practices 37) Children and development Kristen E. Cheney 38) Youth: Perspectives and Paradigms in Global Development Emil Dauncey 39) Ageing and poverty Vandana Desai 40) Disability Ruth Evans and Yaw Adjei-Amoako 41) Sexualities and Development Andrea Cornwall and Vanja Hamzić 42) Rethinking Gender and Empowerment Jane Parpart 43) Critique of feminism from the South Madhu Purnima Kishwar 44) Identities and Intersectionality Sara de Jong 45) A K-shaped crisis: Covid-19 and inequalities Ana Luíza Matos de Oliveira and Magali N. Alloatti Five: People and the Planet 46) Sustainable development Michael Redclift 47) The Sustainable Development Goals Johnathan Rigg 48) Transformations to sustainability Lakshmi Charli-Joseph & Jesús Mario Siqueiros-García 49) The 4D framework: a holistic approach to countering climate change misinformation John Cook 50) Decolonising human-nature relationships: Indigenous ontologies and development Thomas Aneurin Smith 51) Water Insecurity Catherine Fallon Grasham 52) The Blue Economy Kate Symons 53) Fisheries and Development Carole White 54) Famine Stephen Devereux 55) Renewable Energy and Development Andrew Lawrence 56) Climate adaptation Rónán McDermott, Karsten Schulz, Lummina Horlings, Lorenzo Squintani 57) Global Environmental Justice Adrian Martin Six: The Economics of development 58) Growth and Development Augustin Kwasi Fosu 59) Aid and growth Ines A. Ferreira 60) Foreign Aid in a Changing World Stephen Brown 61) Aid conditionality Jonathan R. W. Temple 62) Trade Liberalisation and Economic Development in the Developing Countries Kalim Siddiqui 63) The Knowledge Based Economy and Digital Divisions of Labour Mark Graham, Sanna Ojanperä, Martin Dittus 64) New Institutional Economics and Development Philipp Lepenies 65) Development and consumption Cecile Jackson 66) Rethinking ‘work’ from the cities of the South William Monteith 67) Rural Livelihoods in a Context of the Global Land Rush Annelies Zoomers and Kei Otsuki 68) Migration and Transnationalism Katie Willis 69) The measurement of poverty Francesco Burchi and Howard White 70) Behavioural economics and development economics Bereket Kebede 71) Financialisation and Development Ben Fine Seven: Conflict, violence and peace 72) Fragile States Tom Goodfellow 73) Resource Wars Emma Gilberthorpe and Elissaios Papyrakis 74) Gender and conflict Erika Forsberg 75) Violence Against Women and Girls Cathy McIlwaine 76) Global human exploitation: Trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery Louise Waite 77) Cities, crime and development Paula Meth 78) Policing and development Charlotte Cross 79) Peace-building partnerships and human security Timothy M. Shaw and Abigail Kabandula Eight: The changing landscape of development 80) Urban Bias Gareth A. Jones and Stuart Corbridge 81) Studies in comparative urbanism Colin McFarlane 82) Understanding Land as Fictitious Capital in Financial Capitalism Sarah E. Sharma and Susanne Soederberg 83) Land grabs Pádraig Carmody and Adwoa Ofori 84) Gentrification Ernesto López-Morales 85) Slums and Modernity Haider 86) Urban Health: Sustainable Development and the Healthy City Jennifer Cole 87) Infrastructures for Development Stephanie Ketterer Hobbis Nine: Approaches to policy and practice 88) How to manage for effective aid? The recent emergence of three management approaches Brendan S Whitty 89) Participatory Development Giles Mohan 90) Cash Transfers and HIV Prevention in Africa Kevin Deane 91) Social Protection in Development Context Sarah Cook and Katja Hujo 92) Universal Basic Income E. Fouksman 93) Making Social Work Visible in Social Development in Nigeria: challenges and interconnections Uzoma Okoye and Susan Levy 94) Technological Innovation and Development Theo Papaioannou 95) Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Azadeh Akbari 96) Decolonising global health Julia Ngozi Chukwuma 97) Navigating the institutional gaps, mismatch, and neglect: Exploring the landscape of non-communicable diseases in the developing countries Pallavi Joshi and Dinar Kale 98) What is Vocational Education and Training for What Development? Simon McGrath