John Edward
This is a very useful book for all readers who study Development Studies. The book covers comprehensively, accurately and in an interesting way twenty chapters. This book covers the following chapters:· Concepts of development· Social formation and development· Articulation of the modes of production· Capital labour and surplus value· Traditional theory of social development· Modernization theory of social development· Theories of dependence and underdevelopment· Political development in pre-colonial Africa· Political development during the colonial rule· Political developments after colonialism· Concept of poverty· Population and poverty· Environment and poverty· Environmental conservation and sustainable development· Technology and development· Concept of reproductive health· HIV/AIDS and youth· Reproductive health education· Concept of gender· Gender mainstreaming in development arena