History, historians and development policy : a necessary dialogue

History, historians and development policy a necessary dialogue

Leading historians and policy advisors explore the implications of incorporating historical sensibilities into key development policy issues.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: University of Manchester. Brooks World Poverty Institute, funder (funder), World Bank. Development Research Group, funder (publisher), Manchester University Press, publisher
Otros Autores: Rao, Vijayendra (Editor), Bayly, C. A. (Christopher Alan) editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2020
Manchester, UK : 2011.
[2020]
Materias:
Political science > Decision making.
Policy sciences.
Social sciences and history.
Historians.
History.
Economic development.
Natural resources > Management.
Public health.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. How and why history matters for development policy / Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra Rao
  • 2. Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa / C.A. Bayly
  • Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse / Uma Kothari
  • Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection.
  • 3. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law / Richard Smith
  • 4. Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges / R. Bing Wong
  • Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? / Ravi Kanbur
  • Public Health
  • 5. Health in India since Independence / Sunil S. Amrith
  • 6. Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century / Stephen J. Kunitz
  • Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? / David Hall-Mathews
  • Public education
  • 7. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century / David Vincent
  • 8. The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history / Tim Harper
  • Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education / Lant Pritchett
  • Natural resource management
  • 9. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 / Paul Warde
  • 10. Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources / Keith Breckenridge
  • Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter? / Mick Moore.

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