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                                <guid>http://development-jobs.com/books/child-poverty-in-the-developing-world/</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Child Poverty in the Developing World]]></title>
                <link>http://development-jobs.com/books/child-poverty-in-the-developing-world/</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                
This book is the result of a large UNICEF-funded study and constitutesa significant step forward in grasping the extent and severity ofpoverty experienced by children in developing countries.  The authors undertook what is the first ever comprehensivequantitative estimation of...                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:16:43 -0600</pubDate>
                <g:id>23</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2008-11-09</g:publish_date>
                <g:rating>4</g:rating>                                                    
                    <c:readingauthor>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[David Gordon, Shailen Nandy, Christina Pantazis, Simon Pemberton, and Peter Townsend]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingauthor>                    
                    <c:readingpubdate>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[2003]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingpubdate>                    
                    <c:readingkeywords>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Poverty]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Social Development]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Social Policy]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Children and Youth]]></c:value>
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                    <c:asinuk>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[1861345593]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://development-jobs.com/books/Social-Development-The-Developmental-Perspective-in-Social-Welfare/</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare]]></title>
                <link>http://development-jobs.com/books/Social-Development-The-Developmental-Perspective-in-Social-Welfare/</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                
This textbook offers a very accessible and comprehensive introduction to social development policy within a development context.   The author traces the conceptual underpinnings of institutionalisedsocial policy, its Western origins and its diffusion during thecolonial era as well as...                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:12:31 -0600</pubDate>
                <g:id>22</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2008-11-09</g:publish_date>
                <g:rating>4</g:rating>                                                    
                    <c:readingauthor>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[James Midgley]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingauthor>                    
                    <c:readingpubdate>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[1995]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingpubdate>                    
                    <c:readingkeywords>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Development Studies]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Social Development]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Social Policy]]></c:value>
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                    <c:readingcover>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[The social development approach seeks to integrate economic and social policies within a dynamic development process in order to achieve social welfare objectives. This first comprehensive textbook on the subject demonstrates that social development offers critically significant insights for the developed as well as the developing world.

James Midgley describes the social development approach, traces its origins in developing countries, reviews theoretical issues in the field and analyzes different strategies in social development. By adding the developmental dimension, social development is shown to transcend the dichotomy between the residualist approach, which concentrates on targeting resources to the most needy, and the institutional approach which urges extensive state involvement in welfare. The final chapter offers an institution-based synthesis in which governments coordinate market, community and state sponsored development efforts to promote social welfare for all.

This incisive and accessible treatment if an important topic will be essential reading for all students in social policy, social work, development studies and public administration.

JAMES MIDGLEY is Professor os Social Work and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development at Louisiana State University. He previously taught at the London School of Economics and the University of Cape Town. His many books include The Social Dimensions of Development (with MARGARET HARDIMAN, 1982, revised 1989), Social Security
, Inequality and the Third World (1984), The Radical Right and Welfare State: An International Assessment (with HOWARD GLENNERSTER, 1991) and Profiles in International Social Work (with S.K. Khinduka and M.C. Hokenstad, 1993). ]]></c:value>
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                    <c:asinuk>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[0803977735]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://development-jobs.com/books/Reclaiming-Development-An-Alternative-Economic-Policy-Manual/</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Reclaiming Development: An Alternative Economic Policy Manual]]></title>
                <link>http://development-jobs.com/books/Reclaiming-Development-An-Alternative-Economic-Policy-Manual/</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                
Reclaiming Development is a very well-argued and accessibleaccount of how national and international economic policy might beconducted differently.   The authors provide a very succinct yet persuasiveargument as to why stakeholders in international development may wishto consider shifting away from...                ]]></description>
                <category><![CDATA[Recommended Books]]></category>
                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:54:34 -0600</pubDate>
                <g:id>21</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2008-11-09</g:publish_date>
                                                                    
                    <c:readingauthor>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[ Ha-Joon Chang and Ilene Grabel]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingauthor>                    
                    <c:readingpubdate>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[2004]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingpubdate>                    
                    <c:readingkeywords>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Debt]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Dependency]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Development Studies]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Globalization]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[IMF]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Power]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[World Bank]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingkeywords>                    
                    <c:readingcover>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[‘There is no alternative’ – to neoliberal economics, the Americanization of the world’s economies, and globalization. This remains the driving assumption within the international development policy establishment. In this book, two economists, Ha-Joon Change and Ilene Grabel, cogently explain this dominant school’s main assertions about how economies develop and the policies that all countries ought to pursue. The authors then combine data and a devastating economic logic with an analysis of the historical experiences of leading Western and East Asian economies during their development, in order to question the validity of the neoliberal development model.

Turning to policy, the authors set out concrete, practical alternatives to neoliberalism across the key economic areas: trade and industrial policy; privatization; intellectual property rights; external borrowing, portfolio and foreign direct investment; domestic financial regulation; and management of exchange rates, central banking and monetary policy, and government revenue and expenditure. In doing so, they advocate the most useful proposals that have emerged around the world along with some innovative measures of their own.

This empowering and accessible book seeks to be of practical usefulness to students of development and to those, in government and beyond, looking for concrete policy ideas. The hope is that it will stimulate discussion of the ways in which development policies can be reclaimed by those seeking to promote rapid economic growth that is equitable, stable and sustainable. ]]></c:value>
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                    <c:asinuk>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[1842772015]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://development-jobs.com/books/whose-reality-counts-putting-the-first-last/</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Whose Reality Counts?: Putting the First Last]]></title>
                <link>http://development-jobs.com/books/whose-reality-counts-putting-the-first-last/</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                
In this widely read book Robert Chambers provides us with real food for thought. His analysis of the development profession and the way that change isinstigated on behalf of others calls into question many assumptionsthat underpin mainstream development practice. ...                ]]></description>
                <category><![CDATA[Recommended Books]]></category>
                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:44:01 -0600</pubDate>
                <g:id>20</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2008-11-09</g:publish_date>
                                                                    
                    <c:readingauthor>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Robert Chambers]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingauthor>                    
                    <c:readingpubdate>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[1997]]></c:value>
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                    <c:readingkeywords>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Anthropology of Development]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Development Professionals]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Development Studies]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Indigenous Knowledge]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Partcipation]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Participatory Approaches]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Social Development]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Rural Development]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingkeywords>                    
                    <c:readingcover>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[In this sequel to Rural Development: Putting the Last First, Robert Chambers argues that central issues in development have been overlooked, and that many past errors have flowed from domination by those with power. Development professionals now need new approaches and methods for interacting, learning and knowing. Through analyzing experience – of past mistakes and myths, and of the continuing methodological revolution of PRA (participatory rural appraisal) – the author points towards solutions. In many countries, urban and rural people alike have shown an astonishing ability to express and analyze their local, complex and diverse realities that are often at odds with the top-down realities imposed by professionals.

The author argues that personal, professional and institutional change is essential if the realities of the poor are to receive greater recognition. Self-critical awareness and changes in concepts, values, methods and behavior must be developed to explore the new high ground of participation and empowerment. Whose Reality Counts? presents a radical challenge to all concerned with development, whether practitioners, researchers or policy-makers, in all organizations and disciplines, and at all levels from fieldworkers to the heads of agencies. With its thrust of putting the first last it presents a new, exciting and above all practical agenda for future development which cannot be ignored.]]></c:value>
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                    <c:asinuk>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[185339386X]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://development-jobs.com/books/Working-in-International-Development-and-Humanitarian-Aid-/</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Working in International Development and Humanitarian Aid ]]></title>
                <link>http://development-jobs.com/books/Working-in-International-Development-and-Humanitarian-Aid-/</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                
This is a useful addition to the limited resources available to help guide students and professionals wishing to work in international development and humanitarian aid.Written by authors with extensive personal experience of working in the sector, this book provides a...                ]]></description>
                <category><![CDATA[Recommended Books]]></category>
                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:23:18 -0600</pubDate>
                <g:id>19</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2008-11-09</g:publish_date>
                                                                    
                    <c:readingauthor>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Angela Higney and Piero Calvi-Parisetti]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingauthor>                    
                    <c:readingpubdate>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[2004]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingpubdate>                    
                    <c:readingkeywords>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Development Professionals]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[IMF]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[World Bank]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Working in Development]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://development-jobs.com/books/Participation-The-New-Tyranny/</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[Participation: The New Tyranny?]]></title>
                <link>http://development-jobs.com/books/Participation-The-New-Tyranny/</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                
This edited volume provides a collection of critical perspective onparticipatory approaches. The chapters range from very theoreticalanalyses to more concrete case-studies of how participation is soughtin practice.   In the context of contemporary developmentthinking, which at times treats participation...                ]]></description>
                <category><![CDATA[Recommended Books]]></category>
                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:18:43 -0600</pubDate>
                <g:id>18</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2008-11-09</g:publish_date>
                                                                    
                    <c:readingeditor>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Bill Cooke and Uma Kothari]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingeditor>                    
                    <c:readingpubdate>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[2001]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingpubdate>                    
                    <c:readingkeywords>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Anthropology of Development]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Development Professionals]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Ethics]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Partcipation]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Poverty]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Power]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Social Development]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[World Bank]]></c:value>
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                    <c:readingcover>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA['A timely critique of the participation discourse and expose of the seductive arts of official incorporation. Essential reading for all those studying and practising international development as well as social policy nearer home.' - Geoff Wood, Professor of International Development and Director of the Institute for International Policy Analysis at the University of Bath

'This volume unmasks the moral tyranny imposed through the language of participation which has come to dominate the discourse of 'devspeak'. In exploring participatory practices from several points of view -- social psychology, sociology of management, Goffman's analysis of social performance, Foucauldian analysis of discourses and their power - it shows how radical and democratic language may be co-opted with the aim of bringing people's views and expectations into line with the plans devised, with their participation, by their betters. Makes a vital contribution to the sociology of development.' - Gavin Williams, University of Oxford

This book shows how participatory government can lead to the unjust and illegitimate exercise of power. It addresses the gulf between the almost universally fashionable rhetoric of participation, promising empowerment and appropriate development. Looking at what actually happens when consultants and activists promote and practice participatory development, this book offers a sharp challenge to the advocates of participatory development. Some contributors look at particular examples of failed participatory practice; others present more conceptually-oriented analyses. Together they provide a new, rigorous, and provocative understanding of participatory development.]]></c:value>
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                    <c:asinuk>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[1856497941]]></c:value>
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                                <guid>http://development-jobs.com/books/A-Radical-History-of-Development-Studies-Individuals-Institutions-and-Ideologies/</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies]]></title>
                <link>http://development-jobs.com/books/A-Radical-History-of-Development-Studies-Individuals-Institutions-and-Ideologies/</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[
                                
This edited collection assembles what are otherwise often scattered and implicit contributions to thinking on the history of Development Studies as a subject. The authors reflect on their own experiences in the sector and examine the evolution of both the...                ]]></description>
                <category><![CDATA[Recommended Books]]></category>
                <pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:50:27 -0600</pubDate>
                <g:id>17</g:id>
                <g:publish_date>2008-11-08</g:publish_date>
                                                                    
                    <c:readingauthor>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Uma Kothari (ed)]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingauthor>                    
                    <c:readingpubdate>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[2005]]></c:value>
                                            </c:readingpubdate>                    
                    <c:readingkeywords>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Anthropology of Development]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Development Professionals]]></c:value>
                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[Development Studies]]></c:value>
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                    <c:asinus>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[1842775251]]></c:value>
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