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Thinking about Development

English · Hardback

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This book is a concise and accessible introduction to development thinking, contemporary development theory and practice and - a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. Hettne argues that schools of development thinking should be historically contextualized, not presented as evolving towards a universal theory. The book will present development as an ''essentially contested concept'', that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in different places. Focusing on historical discourses from the initial colonial encounters through to the modern day, Hettne draws the connections between the enlightenment belief in ''progress'' through to the more recent focus on the Millennium Development Goals. The first volume in the ''Development Matters'' series this book provides the key frame for the series as a whole, enabling readers to locate texts on themes such as environmental justice, technology and development learning within a broader historical, conceptual and political context than the immediate policy and output needs of neoliberalism.>

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Authors Hettne, Bjorn Hettne
Assisted by Helen Yanacopulos (Editor)
Publisher Zed Books
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 27.08.2009
 
EAN 9781848132467
ISBN 978-1-84813-246-7
No. of pages 160
Series Development Matters
Development Matters
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)
Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous

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