Development is political but what does that mean for how we solve some of the biggest challenges facing the world today? A groundbreaking new book, The Politics of Development (Sage, 2024), sets out to answer this question and many more. Why is it so hard to reduce corruption, deliver good quality healthcare, and create more equal societies? And what can be done to remove these blockages, so that politics goes from being the problem to the solution?
In this episode, Claire, David, and Nic cover the following points:
- the reasons for writing the book;
- key contributions, including a new framework for thinking about the politics of development;
- and many more…
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