A Level Politics eBook - Politics of International Development

The fourth in a series of new eBooks for A Level Politics by Andrew Ellams is dedicated to the subject of International Development. Contents covered by this new study guide are listed further below.

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The Politics of International Development covers:

THE MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT

THE NORTH- SOUTH DIVIDE

LIBERALISM AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Theories of modernisation
Neo-liberalism
Arguments for the Washington Consensus
Disagreements within liberalism
Arguments against free trade
Arguments against capital market liberalisation
Arguments against privatisation

NEO-COLONIALISM
Dependency theory
Economic sources of neo-colonialism

CORRUPTION
How corruption harms development
Why corruption need not harm development

AID
Why aid helps development
Why aid is sometimes less effective or damaging

DEBT RELIEF
Why we should give debt relief
Why debt relief might be counterproductive
The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative