What is Development Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Sumner (London South Bank University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 644-650 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614520600958363 |
| OpenAlex | W2062164077 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article is concerned with some initial reflections on the distinctive features of Development Studies (DS). The aim is to trigger further debate, rather than attempt ‘closure’. Discussion of the nature of DS is timely because of the expansion of taught courses at various levels during the previous decade; because of sustained critiques of DS in recent years; and because DS has entered a period of introspection – illustrated by several journal special issues and events – to identify its defining characteristics. The author argues that DS is a worthwhile endeavour (how could a concern with reducing global poverty not be?), but the field of enquiry needs to think about how it addresses heterogeneity in the ‘Third World(s)’ and how it opens space for alternative ‘voices’
Economics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Introspection · Political science · Positive economics · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · International Development and Aid · Law
Power, Media and Development
Academic Debate and Self-Criticism
Reimagining Social Work’s Priorities in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Libya
State of the field
Uncovering Economic Complicity
Training for the Industry
If it Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix it’
Beliefs, Values, and Practices in Development Studies
The Precarious State of Famine Research
Enhancing the social dimension of development
Decolonising development studies
Religion, “race” and emerging middle classes in Salvador, Brazil
Reading economics
Public imaginaries of development and complex subjectivities
A Post-development Hoax? (Re)-examining the Past, Present and Future of Development Studies
Sociology on Latin America in the 1960s
The nexus between FDI and human development
Is development studies becoming too brainy? A comparison of World Development Reports
Dudley Seers, the Institute for Development Studies, and the Fracturing of International Development Thought in the 1960s and 1970s
Inter-disciplinarity, development studies, and development practice
The case for cross-disciplinary social science research on poverty, inequality and well-being
Neo-liberalism and East Asia
International Development Studies in the Era of Globalization…and Unilateralism
The Case for Cross-Disciplinary Approaches in International Development
Economics Imperialism and the New Development Economics as Kuhnian Paradigm Shift
Economics, Social Science and Development
What is Distinctive About International Development Studies
Development studies and postcolonial studies
The National Income of Tanganyika, 1952-54
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |