{"product_id":"international-development-navigating-humanitys-greatest-challenge-paperback-softback-9781509545155","title":"International Development; Navigating Humanity's Greatest Challenge (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509545155","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInternational Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNavigating Humanity's Greatest Challenge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Woolcock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509545155, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Michael Woolcock delivers a rare combination of gifts: the enduring insights of a scholar, the practical wisdom of a practitioner, and the passion of a change-maker. For anyone on the ‘epic adventure’ of international development, this is an essential guide to how we got here, where we should go, and why we strive.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuen Yuen Ang,\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eHow China Escaped the Poverty Trap\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChina’s Gilded Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“More than any social researcher I know, Woolcock understands the architecture and dynamics of complex social change. His experience making pragmatic and theoretical sense of development results in a highly engaging, thoughtful, and eloquent book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSanjeev Sridharan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e and University of Toronto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether understood as a long-run historical process or an intentional political project, international development transforms not only societies and economies but also key ideas about how the world works and how problems should be solved.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this compelling book, Michael Woolcock demonstrates that achieving peace and prosperity for all is supremely contingent and often contentious: the means and ends of development are often perceived as alien, unjust, and disruptive, its benefits and costs unequally borne. Many development challenges are not technical problems amenable to an expert’s solution, but require extensive deliberation to find and fit context-specific responses. Woolcock insists that it is each generation’s challenge to find shared, legitimate, and durable solutions to the moral imperative to reduce human suffering while simultaneously redressing the challenges that development success (let alone failure) inexorably brings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis skillful guide will be essential reading for students and practitioners working in this complex field, and for anyone seeking to help “make the world a better place.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrelude – An Invitation…\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 – Navigating Our Diverging, Integrated World: The Three “Developments”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 – Managing a Contentious World: Cooperation, Inclusion, Process Legitimacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 – Building a Better World: Why Some Problems Are So Much Harder Than Others\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 – Engaging an Increasingly Complex World: From What We Have to What We Need\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue – Putting Your Time, Talents, and Treasure to Work (for Others)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470097608984,"sku":"9781509545155","price":14.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509545155.jpg?v=1785633123","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/international-development-navigating-humanitys-greatest-challenge-paperback-softback-9781509545155","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}