Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development

This book explains and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. It unpacks the difficult, complex and important aspects of the relationships between postcolonial theory, decoloniality and development studies.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 Histories and geographies of postcolonialism 3 A postcolonial history development 4 Discourses of development and the power of representation 5 Critiquing development knowledge and power 6 Agency in development 7 Towards a postcolonial development agenda 8 Beyond Development and decolonizing life in the ‘Anthropocene’? 9 Conclusions

About the author

Cheryl McEwan is Professor of Human Geography at Durham University, UK. Her main research interests include ethical consumption in the global South, the geographies of transformation in South Africa and the role of postcolonial theory and decolonial politics in shaping responses to global challenges. She is author of Gender, Geography and Empire (2000) and Postcolonialism and Development (2009), and co-editor of Postcolonial Geographies (2002) and Postcolonial Economies (2011).

Summary

This book explains and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. It unpacks the difficult, complex and important aspects of the relationships between postcolonial theory, decoloniality and development studies.

Product details

• Authors: Mcewan, Cheryl Mcewan, McEwan Cheryl
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138036727
• ISBN: 978-1-138-03672-7
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development; Routledge Perspectives on Development
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Human Geography, Development Studies, Regional Geography, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence