Reinventing Development : The Sceptical Change Agent

Fforde, Adam

ISBN 10: 3319502263 / ISBN 13: 9783319502267

Published by Springer, 2017

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Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 316 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This book debunks the foundations of contemporary government-led development policy. The author questions the predictability of success when using mainstream development doctrines and its underlying assumptions, approaching development from a sceptical standpoint, as opposed to the more common optimistic view. The book uses international development and aid as a case study of how rich countries define how change should happen. Further, it suggests alternative ways of thinking about and organizing social change.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reinventing Development : The Sceptical Change Agent
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319502263
• ISBN 13: 9783319502267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Sehr gut
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Synopsis

This book debunks the foundations of contemporary government-led development policy. The author questions the predictability of success when using mainstream development doctrines and its underlying assumptions, approaching development from a sceptical standpoint, as opposed to the more common optimistic view. The book uses international development and aid as a case study of how rich countries define how change should happen. Further, it suggests alternative ways of thinking about and organizing social change.

About the Author

Adam Fforde is a Professorial Fellow at the Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Australia. He was an advisor to the Swedish Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, and from 1992-2013 ran his development consultancy, Adam Fforde and Assoc, p/l.