A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies

A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies
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240
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1842775251
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Zed Books
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In this book some of the leading thinkers in Development Studies trace the history of their multi-disciplinary subject from the late colonial period and its establishment during decolonization all the way through to its contemporary concerns with poverty reduction. They present a critical genealogy of development by looking at the contested evolution and roles of development institutions and exploring changes in development discourses. These recollections, by those who teach, research and practise development, challenge simplistic, unilinear periodizations of the evolution of the discipline, and draw attention to those ongoing critiques of Development Studies, including Marxism, feminism and postcolonialism, which so often have been marginalized in mainstream development discourse. The contributors combine personal and institutional reflections with an examination of key themes, including gender and development, NGOs, and natural resource management. The book is radical in...

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