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Global development at work: introduction
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DOI：10.1016/j.resglo.2026.100334.png)
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This Special Issue critically examines how development is practised, contested, and reconfigured in a period of geopolitical rivalry, institutional retrenchment, and uneven global engagement. Rather than treating global development as a coherent or settled paradigm, the Special Issue approaches it as a field shaped by fragmentation, shifting power relations, and material constraints. The contributions move beyond abstract debates by grounding analysis in empirical case studies that show how development takes shape in concrete settings. The eight papers engage with four interrelated themes: (1) education and pedagogical citizenship, highlighting the role of learning and knowledge in development; (2) markets and middle-class formations, showing how global economic processes and local values shape aspirations and consumption; (3) gender and globalization, exploring the ways global forces intersect with local gender relations; and (4) global politics and state power, investigating governance, inequality, and state strategies in a globalized world. By foregrounding empirical research and methodological diversity, this Special Issue reframes global development as an open and contested process. Its 'at work' approach highlights how development knowledge and practice are assembled under conditions of uncertainty, offering a critical and forward-looking contribution to development studies in a rapidly changing world.
Keywords:
Global development
Education
Markets
Class
Gender
Politics
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