The History of Development : From western origins to global faith

By:

Rist Gilbert

Contributor(s):

Publication details: New Delhi Academic Foundatoin 2009Edition: 3rdDescription: 288p viISBN:

9781848131897

Subject(s):

1. Economic Development - Sustainable Development2. Economic Assistance - Development Economics

DDC classification:

338.900000 RIS-3

Contents:

Table of contents Preface to the Third Edition Introduction 1. Definitions of Development 2. Metamorphoses of a Western Myth 3. The Making of a World System 4. The Invention of Development 5. The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root 6. Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy 7. The Periphery and the Understanding of History 8. Self-Reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for the Future 9. The Triumph of Third Worldism 10. The Environment, or the New Nature of 'Development' 11. A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments 12. The Postmodern Illusion: Globalization as a Simulacrum of 'Development' 13. The Fight against Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals 14. Post-Development: Decroissance and the Changing Economic Paradigm Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Table of contents

Preface to the Third Edition
Introduction
1. Definitions of Development
2. Metamorphoses of a Western Myth
3. The Making of a World System
4. The Invention of Development
5. The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root
6. Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy
7. The Periphery and the Understanding of History
8. Self-Reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for the Future
9. The Triumph of Third Worldism
10. The Environment, or the New Nature of 'Development'
11. A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments
12. The Postmodern Illusion: Globalization as a Simulacrum of 'Development'
13. The Fight against Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals
14. Post-Development: Decroissance and the Changing Economic Paradigm
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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