World poverty and development are more salient than ever on the global political agenda. The campaigns of the global justice movement, the growing securitization of development in the aftermath of 9-11, the intensification of global inequality, and the perceived threats of global pandemics, migrations and failed states have contributed to a sense of renewed urgency. The contributors to this volume, including Bjorn Hettne, Fantu Cheru, Jeffrey Haynes and Bonny Ibhawah, share a common intellectual aspiration to re-unite the study of development with the study of international relations or global politics as it is more broadly conceived today. Although globalization has transformed the context of development, it has yet to significantly transform for the better the prospects for real development or human security amongst the worlds most vulnerable communities.
Whether globalization, development and human security are inescapably trapped within a vicious circle or a virtuous cycle is the central concern of this book.
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
Part 1 - Globalization and the Transformed Context of Development
Chapter 1 Globalism, Regionalism and Interregionalism
Bjorn Hettne
Chapter 2 Foreign Aid: Reports of its Death Greatly Exaggerated
Peter Burnell
Chapter 3 The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
Fantu Cheru
Chapter 4 Globalisation and Democracy in the Developing World
Jeffrey Haynes
Part 2- Globalization, Development and Human Security
Chapter 5 Globalisation and Human Security
Caroline Thomas
Chapter 6Health in Development
Sandra J. MacLean
Chapter 7 HIV/AIDS in a Globalised World: An Uneven pandemic in an Unequal World
Nana K. Poku
Chapter 8 Transformation and Constriction: Globalisation and Human Rights in the Third World
Bonny Ibhawah
Chapter 9 The Political Economy of Globalisation and Grassroots Movements
Dong-Sook S. Gills
Chapter 10Gender, Power and Governance in a Globalising World
Jane Parpart
Index
