Displacement by Development
Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities

Identifies ethical issues raised in displacing people through development, and how an allocation of responsibilities aids compensation and environmental stability.

Peter Penz (Author), Jay Drydyk (Author), Pablo S. Bose (Author)

9780521198820, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 January 2011

358 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.7 kg

"...It is without doubt that this book offers an excellent presentation on the background of the issue of displacement by development.... Students and researchers will find this book as an essential reading material on the issue of displacement by development. As this book is the result of two research projects by the authors, they base their arguments on a plethora of sources from social sciences, humanities, law to economics, indicating their wealth of knowledge on the topic. The bibliography list alone is impressive and the book stands as an indispensable resource on this issue."
--Maša Kovi?-Dine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)

For decades, policy-makers in government, development banks and foundations, NGOs, researchers and students have struggled with the problem of how to protect people who are displaced from their homes and livelihoods by development projects. This book addresses these concerns and explores how debates often become deadlocked between 'managerial' and 'movementist' perspectives. Using development ethics to determine the rights and responsibilities of various stakeholders, the authors find that displaced people must be empowered so as to share equitably in benefits rather than being victimized. They propose a governance model for development projects that would transform conflict over displacement into a more manageable collective bargaining process and would empower displaced people to achieve equitable results. Their book will be valuable for readers in a wide range of fields including ethics, development studies, politics and international relations as well as policy making, project management and community development.

Acknowledgements
List of tables
1. Introduction
Part I. Fundamentals: 2. Problems of polarization
3. Defining displacement by and for development
Part II. From Cost-Benefit Analysis to Ethics: 4. Development planning, cost-benefit analysis, and displacement
5. Guidelines and rights
6. The development ethics framework
Part III. From Values to Responsibilities: 7. Ethical outcomes
8. Ethical procedures
9. Agents, harms, and responsibilities
10. International responsibilities and rights regarding displacement
Part IV. Realizing Responsibilities: 11. Narmada revisited
12. Starting points and future directions
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Economic growth [KCG], Social & political philosophy [HPS], Development studies [GTF]