The development dictionary : a guide to knowledge as power / (Acc. 4318)

Additional authors: Sachs, Wolfgang.
Edition statement:2nd ed. Published by : Zed Books, (London :) Physical details: xx, 332 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN:9781848133792 (hbk.); 1848133790 (hbk.); 9781848133808 (pbk.); 1848133804 (pbk.).
Subject(s): Economic development | Knowledge, Sociology of. | Power (Social sciences)
Year: 2010 Item type: Reference
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In this classic collection, some of the world's most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse. Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they argue, in order to liberate people's minds - in both North and South - for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity. The combined result forms a must-read invitation to experts, grassroots movements and students of development to recognize the tainted glasses they put on whenever they participate in the development discourse.

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