{"title":"Book review: J. Pedro-Carañana, E. Herrera-Huérfano, and J. O. Almanza (Eds.), Communicative Justice in the Pluriverse: An International Dialogue","authors":"J. A. Chirwa","doi":"10.1177/14649934241255254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934241255254","url":null,"abstract":"J. Pedro-Carañana, E. Herrera-Huérfano, and J. O. Almanza (Eds.), Communicative Justice in the Pluriverse: An International Dialogue (New York: Routledge, 2023), 200 pp., £125.00 (hardback); £34.99 (paperback); £31.49 (eBook), ISBN:9781032326184.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141382257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: Tilzey, M., Sugden, F. and Seddon D. Peasants, Capitalism, and the Work of Eric R. Wolf: Reviving Critical Agrarian Studies","authors":"Raisa Ramos de Pina","doi":"10.1177/14649934241245169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934241245169","url":null,"abstract":"Tilzey, M., Sugden, F. and Seddon D. Peasants, Capitalism, and the Work of Eric R. Wolf: Reviving Critical Agrarian Studies (1st Edition) (Routledge, 2023) 240 pp, Hardback £108.00, eBook £31.99.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"4 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140963961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding Hungary’s Support for Persecuted Christians: Scrutinising Religious Motives for Giving Aid","authors":"Beáta Paragi, Balázs Szent‐Iványi","doi":"10.1177/14649934231212712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231212712","url":null,"abstract":"Religion is increasingly acknowledged as a driving force behind development processes; however, it has received little attention as a motivation for donors to give aid. The article analyses the stated motivations and hidden agendas behind the Hungarian government’s ‘Hungary Helps’ aid programme, aimed at supporting Christian communities in the Global South and reducing migration to Europe. The programme fits with the government’s rhetoric on religion and migration, however, the article reveals inconsistencies that suggest further motivations. While there is little evidence that there was domestic demand for such a programme, it has been used instrumentally to increase Hungary’s influence among Christian interest groups and their political allies in the USA.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"5 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140732941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: Howson, P. 2023: Let Them Eat Crypto. The Blockchain Scam That’s Ruining the World","authors":"Andrea Stuit","doi":"10.1177/14649934241234710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934241234710","url":null,"abstract":"Howson, P. 2023: Let Them Eat Crypto. The Blockchain Scam That’s Ruining the World. Pluto Press. 289 pp. £14.99 (paper), £7.99 (e-book). ISBN: 9780745348216 (paper), 9780745348230 (e-book), 9780745348223 (pdf).","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"279 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140757736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: Eekelen, W. van. ICT and Rural Development in the Global South","authors":"Stephanie Matti","doi":"10.1177/14649934231223010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231223010","url":null,"abstract":"Eekelen, W. van. ICT and Rural Development in the Global South (Routledge, 2024), 226 pp. Paperback £31.99, Hardback £130.00. ISBN: 9781032588445.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"802 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140787439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Accountability for Equitable Health and Well-being in Urban Informal Spaces: Moving from Dominant to Transformative Approaches","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/14649934231225530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231225530","url":null,"abstract":"This article critically reviews the literature on urban informality, inequity, health, well-being and accountability to identify key conceptual, methodological and empirical gaps in academic and policy discourses. We argue that critical attention to power dynamics is often a key missing element in these discourses and make the case for explicit attention to the operation of power throughout conceptualization, design and conduct of research in this space. We argue that: (a) urban informality reflects the exercise of power to confer and withhold advantage; (b) the dominant biomedical model of health poorly links embodied experiences and structural contexts; (c) existing models of accountability are inadequate in unequal, pluralistic governance and provision environments. We trace four conceptual and empirical directions for transformative approaches to power relations in urban health equity research.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"23 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140437142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: Amdani, Y., World of Opportunity: Bringing Sustainable Business to Fragile Economies","authors":"John P. Christie","doi":"10.1177/14649934231224143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231224143","url":null,"abstract":"Amdani, Y., World of Opportunity: Bringing Sustainable Business to Fragile Economies (ForbesBooks, 2023), 208pp. £7.79 and eBook $9.99. ISBN: 9798887501222.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"7 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139783632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: Amdani, Y., World of Opportunity: Bringing Sustainable Business to Fragile Economies","authors":"John P. Christie","doi":"10.1177/14649934231224143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231224143","url":null,"abstract":"Amdani, Y., World of Opportunity: Bringing Sustainable Business to Fragile Economies (ForbesBooks, 2023), 208pp. £7.79 and eBook $9.99. ISBN: 9798887501222.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139843683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"University Work Experiences in International Development: Expanding Locations, Spaces and Pathways","authors":"Anke Schwittay","doi":"10.1177/14649934231211676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231211676","url":null,"abstract":"How can university work experiences contribute to reframing International Development from expert saviourism rooted in colonial legacies into a project of social justice and global solidarity? In this article, I propose the design of work-experiential pedagogies that integrate practical work experiences with critical theoretical teaching and an emphasis on students’ experiential knowledge. Such pedagogies call for an expansion of the forms of university work experiences, challenging students to reflect on their manifold personal and institutional locations, to explore the diverse spaces in which work experiences can take place and to experiment with multiple pathways for change. My proposal draws on teaching examples and student journeys at my home university in the UK.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"202 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139862427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"University Work Experiences in International Development: Expanding Locations, Spaces and Pathways","authors":"Anke Schwittay","doi":"10.1177/14649934231211676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231211676","url":null,"abstract":"How can university work experiences contribute to reframing International Development from expert saviourism rooted in colonial legacies into a project of social justice and global solidarity? In this article, I propose the design of work-experiential pedagogies that integrate practical work experiences with critical theoretical teaching and an emphasis on students’ experiential knowledge. Such pedagogies call for an expansion of the forms of university work experiences, challenging students to reflect on their manifold personal and institutional locations, to explore the diverse spaces in which work experiences can take place and to experiment with multiple pathways for change. My proposal draws on teaching examples and student journeys at my home university in the UK.","PeriodicalId":503504,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Development Studies","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139802626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}