| Description |
v, 277 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Definitions of Development -- 2. Metamorphoses of a Western Myth -- 3. Making of a World System -- 4. Invention of Development -- 5. International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root -- 6. Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy -- 7. Periphery and the Understanding of History -- 8. Self-Reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for the Future -- 9. Triumph of Third-Worldism -- 10. Environment, or the New Nature of 'Development' -- 11. Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments -- 12. Postmodern Illusion: Globalization as Simulacrum of 'Development' -- 13. Some Thoughts on What is to be Done -- App. I. President Truman's Point Four Message -- App. II. Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order |
| Summary |
In this history of the concept of development, Gilbert Rist argues that the traditional view of economic growth being the answer to unemployment, international debt and the quest for global prosperity, has clearly failed and needs replaced |
| Notes |
Translation of: Le developpement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-264) and index |
| Notes |
Translation of: Developpement |
| Subject |
Economic assistance -- History.
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Economic development -- History.
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Sustainable development -- History.
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| LC no. |
97007618 |
| ISBN |
1856494918 |
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1856494926 paperback |
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9781856494915 |
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9781856494922 paperback |
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