Screen LibraryHuman development and global institutions : evolution, impact, reform /
This book provides a timely and accessible introduction to the foundational ideas associated with the human development school of thought. It examines its conceptual evolution during the post-colonial era, and discusses how various institutions of the UN system have tried to engage with this issue,...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge global institutions series ;
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| Summary: |
This book provides a timely and accessible introduction to the foundational ideas associated with the human development school of thought. It examines its conceptual evolution during the post-colonial era, and discusses how various institutions of the UN system have tried to engage with this issue, both in terms of intellectual and technical advance, and operationally. Showing that human development has had a profound impact on shaping the policy agenda and programming priorities of global institutions, it argues that human development has helped to preserve the continued vitality of major multilateral development programs, funds, and agencies. It also details how human development faces new risks and threats, caused by political, economic, social, and environmental forces which are highlighted in a series of engaging case studies on trade, water, energy, the environment, democracy, human rights, and peacebuilding. The book also makes the case for why human development remains relevant in an increasingly globalized world, asking whether global institutions will be able to sustain political and moral support from their member states and powerful non-state actors. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 169 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-157) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415483599 041548359X 9780415483605 0415483603 |
| Index Number: | JC571 |
| CLC: | D813 |
| Call Number: | D813/P819 |
| Contents: | Human development : an idea whose time has come? -- The international policy impact of the human development approach in the 1990s : the early years -- Human development measurement tools : advantages and shortcomings -- Human development in international policy-making, part I : trade, water, energy, and environment -- Human development in international policy-making, part II : democratic governance, human rights, and peacebuilding -- Human development in global governance : new frontiers. |