The Development Dictionary A Guide to Knowledge as Power

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Synopsis

The original critical guide to key concepts in development studies from some of the world's most eminent critical development scholars and practitioners.Each essay in this now classic collection examines one key development concept, from the 'environment' to 'needs' and 'progress' to 'production'. Each concept is reviewed from a historical and anthropological point of view, with particular bias and intellectual flaws being highlighted. Overall, the authors argue that we must bid farewell to the whole idea of Eurocentric development in order to liberate people's minds in both North and South and to mobilize for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity.The result is an indispensable resource for scholars, practitioners, movements and students of development which invites us to recognize the tinted glasses we put on whenever we participate in the development discourse.

Book details

Edition:
3
Series:
Development Essentials
Author:
Wolfgang Sachs
ISBN:
9781786997524
Related ISBNs:
9781786997500
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
352
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-11-12
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2019
Copyright by:
Wolfgang Sachs 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Education, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Politics and Government, Social Studies