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Development betrayed : the end of progress and a coevolutionary revisioning of the future /
Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap be...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap between modernity's aspirations and its achievements? Development Betrayed offers a powerful answer to this question. Development with its unshakeable commitment to the idea of progress, is rooted in modernism and has been betrayed by each of its major tenets. Attempts to control nature h. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 280 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203012402 9780203012406 9780415068628 0415068622 6610435553 9786610435555 9780203313671 0203313674 9781134915590 1134915594 9781134915637 1134915632 9781134915644 1134915640 1138138428 9781138138421 1280435550 9781280435553 |