Critical development theory : contributions to a new paradigm /
In recent years there has been considerable rethinking of the whole concept of development, including a growing awareness of its gender, cultural and environmental dimensions, and the impact of globalization. The contributors to this volume seek to extend these debates to a more fundamental level. T...
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Zed Books ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press,
1999
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Table of Contents:
- The myth of development : a critique of Eurocentric discourse / Vincent Tucker
- On oppositional postmodernism / Boaventura de Sousa Santos
- Development and the locations of Eurocentrism / Ziauddin Sardar
- Critical holism and the tao of development / Jan Nederveen Pieterse
- Reintegrating production and consumption, or why political economy still matters / Diane Perrons
- Tigers and transnational corporations : pathways from the periphery? / Denis O'Hearn
- The place of development in theories of imperialism and globalization / Bob Sutcliffe
- Is it possible to build a sustainable world? / Richard Douthwaite
- Cultural politics and (post) development paradigm(s) / G.H. Fagan
- Deconstructing development discourses : of impasses, alternatives and politics / Ronaldo Munck
- 1 Myth of Development: A Critique of a Eurocentric Discourse / Vincent Tucker
- Pt. 1. Critical Perspectives
- 2. On Oppositional Postmodernism / Boaventura de Sousa Santos
- 3. Development and the Locations of Eurocentrism / Ziauddin Sardar
- 4. Critical Holism and the Tao of Development / Jan Nederveen Pieterse
- Pt. 2. Political Economy
- 5. Reintegrating Production and Consumption, or Why Political Economy Still Matters / Diane Perrons
- 6. Tigers and Transnational Corporations: Pathways from the Periphery? / Denis O'Hearn
- 7. Place of Development in Theories of Imperialism and Globalization / Bob Sutcliffe
- Pt. 3. Polemical Perspectives
- 8. Is it Possible to Build a Sustainable World? / Richard Douthwaite
- 9. Cultural Politics and (post) Development Paradigm(s) / G. H. Fagan
- 10. Deconstructing Development Discourses: of Impasses, Alternatives and Politics / Ronaldo Munck.
- 1 The Myth of Development: A Critique of a Eurocentric Discourse / Vincent Tucker 1
- Imagining development 2
- Progress and civilization 4
- The genealogy of development thinking 6
- The invention of traditional society 8
- Modernity and its discontents 9
- Modernism and the end of history 10
- The limits of dependency theory 12
- Cultures of resistance 14
- Rehabilitating the concept of development 15
- Development as dialogue 17
- The indigenous perspective 19
- By way of a starting point 21
- Part 1 Critical Perspectives 27
- 2 On Oppositional Postmodernism / Boaventura de Sousa Santos 29
- The problem 29
- Possible causes 32
- Towards a postmodern critical theory 36
- 3 Development and the Locations of Eurocentrism / Ziauddin Sardar 44
- The West 44
- Eurocentrism 47
- The disciplines 49
- Science and technology 53
- Non-Western concepts 57
- 4 Critical Holism and the Tao of Development / Jan Nederveen Pieterse 63
- Remedying remedies 63
- Wholeness, holism 66
- Modernity and its contradictions 68
- Development and high modernism 70
- Shortcuts and other remedies 72
- Towards the Tao of development 75
- Part 2 Political Economy 89
- 5 Reintegrating Production and Consumption, or Why Political Economy Still Matters / Diane Perrons 91
- Subjects and objects of social scientific inquiry 92
- Methods of analysis: the role of theory and real abstractions 94
- Contemporary analyses of consumption 98
- Integrating production and consumption: commodity chains, gender and class 102
- 6 Tigers and Transnational Corporations: Pathways from the Periphery? / Denis O'Hearn 113
- From 'development project' to 'globalization project' 116
- Old tigers 118
- New tigers and old tigers: the role of TNCs 121
- Results: sustainability and desirability 126
- 7 The Place of Development in Theories of Imperialism and Globalization / Bob Sutcliffe 135
- Development: a model and three critiques 135
- Two waves of imperialism theory 139
- Globalization in different strengths 145
- Development, imperialism and globalization 150
- Part 3 Polemical Perspectives 155
- 8 Is it Possible to Build a Sustainable World? / Richard Douthwaite 157
- Defining sustainability 157
- Problems of 'weak sustainability' 160
- The way ahead 171
- 9 Cultural Politics and (post) Development Paradigm(s) / G.H. Fagan 178
- Theoretical location 178
- From cultural analysis to cultural politics 184
- Locating cultural politics in postdevelopment discourse 188
- 10 Deconstructing Development Discourses: of Impasses, Alternative and Politics / Ronaldo Munck 196
- Beyond what impasse? 196
- Alternatives in/to development? 200
- Bringing politics back in? 204