Framing African development : challenging concepts /

This book discusses and challenges concepts that are widely used in research and policy related to development issues in Africa. The main rationale for such an undertaking is that the concepts that are used to understand and define the world in general and Africa in particular are not merely describ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Havnevik, Kjell J. (Editor ), Oestigaard, Terje (Editor ), Tobisson, Eva (Editor ), Virtanen, Tea (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2015.
Colección:African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series)
Temas:
Economic development > Africa.
Economic development > Africa > International cooperation.
Développement économique > Afrique.
Développement économique > Afrique > Coopération internationale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Economic development
Economic development > International cooperation
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Framing African development- challenging concepts / Kjell Havnevik
  • Developing the 'other' : perceptions of Africans and change / Terje Oestigaard
  • Misconceptions and poor understanding- the debate on poverty / Mats Hårsmar
  • Debating empowerment : a case study of knowledge practices in the development assistance committee / Rosalind Eyben
  • Beyond livelihoods : occupationality and career formation in African artisanal mining / Deborah Fahy Bryceson
  • The concept and paradoxes of displacement / Amanda Harnmar
  • Primitive accumulation : concept, similarities and varieties / Rune Skarstein
  • From food security to food sovereignty? / Kjell Havnevik.

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