1. Introduction: Development Theory in the 1990s / Frans J. Schuurman -- 2. Development Research: From Impasse to a New Agenda / David Booth -- 3. How Relevant Is Development Studies? / Michael Edwards -- 4. The Political Meanings of Development: In Search of New Horizons / David Slater -- 5. Political Programmes and Development: The Transformative Potential of Social Democracy / Ronaldo Munck -- 6. Ethics in Development Studies: The Example of Debt / Stuart Corbridge -- 7. Exploring Development Interfaces: From the Transfer of Knowledge to the Transformation of Meaning / Norman Long and Magdalena Villarreal -- 8. Gender Studies: Whose Agenda? / Janet Townsend -- 9. Modernity, Post-modernity and the New Social Movements / Frans J. Schuurman -- 10. Sustainable Development and the Greening of Development Theory / Bill Adams