| Description |
viii, 232 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
A radical history of developmet studies : inviduals, institutions and ideologies / Uma Kothari -- Great promise, hubris and recovery : a participant's history of development studies / John Harriss -- From colonial administration to development studies : a postcolonial critique of the history of development studies / Uma Kothari -- Critical reflections of a development nomad / Robert Chambers -- Secret diplomacy uncovered : research on the World Bank in the 1960s and 1980s / Teresa Hayter -- Development studies and Marxists / Henry Bernstein -- Journeying in radical development studies : a reflection on thirty years of researching pro-poor development / John Cameron -- The rise and rise of gender and development / Ruth Pearson -- Development studies, nature and natural resources : changing narratives and discursive practices / Phil Woodhouse and Amos Chimhowu -- Individuals, organizations and public action : trajectories of the 'non-governmental' in development studies / David Lewis |
| Summary |
"This book traces the history of the multi-disciplinary subject of development studies from the late colonial period all the way through to its contemporary concerns with poverty reduction. It presents a critical genealogy of development, looking at the contested evolution and roles of development institutions and exploring changes in development discourses. These personal and institutional recollections, by those who teach, research and practice development, challenge simplistic, unilinear periodizations of the evolution of the discipline, and draw attention to ongoing critiques, such as Marxism, feminism and postcolonialism. Key themes include gender and development, NGOs, and natural resource management. The book is radical in that it challenges orthodoxies of development theory and practice and highlights concealed, critical discourses that have been written out of conventional stories of development."--Publisher description |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Development economics -- History.
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Development economics -- Study and teaching -- History.
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Development economics.
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Economic development -- History.
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Economic development -- Study and teaching -- History.
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| Author |
Kothari, Uma.
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| LC no. |
2005047356 |
| ISBN |
1842775243 cased |
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1842775251 limp |
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9781842775240 cased |
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9781842775257 limp |
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