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Starting from the first EADI Vision Paper on Development Studies (2005), the chapter presents the outcome of a multi-site consultation process on the evolution of the field of Development Studies. Based on an analysis of publications, impact factors and perceptions from involved scholars, the authors advance an updated Vision that takes into account how the field is viewed and takes shape not only in the West, but also in China and South Africa. While some of the basic tenets of Development Studies seem to hold firm, major shifts in global development and academic landscapes may give rise to important reconfigurations. On the one hand, the field of Development Studies is vibrant and growing. On the other, its expanding scope may end up challenging its very identity.
Material for this article first appeared in Joost Mönks, Gilles Carbonnier, Aude Mellet and Leo de Haan, ‘Towards a Renewed Vision of Development Studies’, International Development Policy, Issue 8.1 2017, URL: http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/2393, https://doi.org/10.4000/poldev.2393, and is republished with permission in a slightly modified version.
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The authors thank all those involved in the consultations and review processes that led to this paper. We wish to thank in particular the EADI directors and executive committee members as well as Dennis Rodgers, Andy Sumner, Wang Xinsong, Jacques Forster, Hans Opschoor, Michel Carton, Christophe Gironde and Lee Mizell for their valuable inputs and remarks on earlier drafts. We are also grateful to Waiyee Leong for her helpful research assistance at an early stage of the project.
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Mönks, J., Carbonnier, G., Mellet, A., de Haan, L. (2019). Novel Perceptions on Development Studies: International Review and Consultations Toward a Renewed Vision. In: Baud, I., Basile, E., Kontinen, T., von Itter, S. (eds) Building Development Studies for the New Millennium. EADI Global Development Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04052-9_10
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