\u003cp\u003eJust about everyone is 'for' development as an assumed 'good', yet few seem to have a concrete idea of what the term actually entails. \u003cem\u003eDevelopment\u003c/em\u003e offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of the various ways in which this important concept has been used in social and political analysis over the past 200 years.\u003c/p\u003e