Power of Development (Criticism)

Ediktor: Jonathan Crush

ISBN 10: 0415111773 / ISBN 13: 9780415111775

Published by Routledge, 1995

About this Item

344 Pages, Used book intact and in good condition with some notes and underlining, no highlighting, in the first 2 essays.- The 14 essays of the book in three parts: histories and geographies of, as well as other developments, examine the power of development to imagine new worlds and to constantly reinvent itself as the solution to problems of national and global disorder.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Power of Development (Criticism)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415111773
• ISBN 13: 9780415111775
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair

About this title

Synopsis

Post-colonial, post-modern and feminist critiques have challenged the ways we theorise and practice development. Development is not just the conclusion of economic logic; its histories reveal a legacy of contested power, illuminating the contemporary battlefields of knowledge. These essays explore the language of development, its rhetoric and meaning within different political and institutional contexts. The contested ideas behind world development are explained, with illustrative material, sensitive to place and time, chiefly drawn from Asia, Africa and Latin America. This book examines the power of development to imagine new worlds and to constantly reinvent itself as the solution to problems of national and global disorder.

About the Author

A Professor of Geography at Queen’s University, Canada.