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OverviewIn the late 20th century, there has been a 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, tackling such issues as the crisis of development as an intellectual and practical project, the need for a break with development as a Eurocentric concept, and the viability of alternative, non-Western forms of development. The contributors aim to transcend critiques of development which simply engage in a blanket dismissal of the whole enterprise and instead offer ways of re-engaging with reality that, despite globalization, is still a dimension of the late-20th century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Denis O'Hearn , Ronaldo MunckPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Zed Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 13.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.400kg ISBN: 9781856496384ISBN 10: 1856496384 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 March 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors Preface 1. The Myth of Development: A Critique of a Eurocentric Discourse - Vincent Tucker Part I: 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 Part II: 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. The Place of Development in Theories of Imperialism and Globalization - Bob Sutcliffe Part III: 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 IndexReviews'This volume will provide insight both to scholars looking for alternative ways to analyze and assess government and NGO activities done in the name of development. For practitioners, the authors present a plethora of approaches towards 'doing development' that could contribute to conceiving projects that strie for material security while sustaining social development' - Progress in Development Studies 'This volume will provide insight both to scholars looking for alternative ways to analyze and assess government and NGO activities done in the name of development. For practitioners, the authors present a plethora of approaches towards doing development that could contribute to conceiving projects that strive for material security while sustaining social development.'Progress in Development Studies Author InformationRonaldo Munck is Professor of Political Sociology and Director of the Globalization and Social Exclusion Unit at the University of Liverpool. Previously he held the first post- apartheid Chair in Sociology at the University of Durban Westville in South Africa and taught for many years at the University of Ulster in the North of Ireland. Denis O'Hearn is both an economist and a sociologist. He was educated at the Universities of New Mexico and Michigan. For several years he taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he was Associate Professor of Sociology. Currently, he is Reader in Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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