A Radical History of Development Studies

Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies

Uma Kothari editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:15th Sep '19

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A genealogy of development looking at the contested evolution and roles of development institutions and exploring changes in development discourses.

A Radical History of Development Studies traces the history of the subject from the late colonial period all the way through to contemporary focus on poverty reduction. In this now classic genealogy of development, the authors look at the contested evolution and roles of development institutions and explore changes in development discourses. Combining personal and institutional reflections with an examination of key themes, including gender and development, NGOs, and natural resource management, A Radical History of Development Studies challenges mainstream development theory and practice and highlights concealed, critical discourses that have been written out of conventional stories of development. The volume is intended to stimulate thinking on future directions for the discipline. It also provides an indispensable resource for students coming to grips with the historical continuities and divergences in the theory and practice of development.

Overall, it is a stimulating book ... very well documented, it facilitates a retracing of the history of the field and it also highlights how individuals involved had to continually rethink or revisit what they had been doing. * Development and Change *
Provides a critical analysis of the history of international development...the contributors adopt a distinct radical perspective on the subject. * International Review of Social History *

ISBN: 9781786997661

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Weight: 284g

250 pages

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