Encountering Development : The Making and Unmaking of the Third World /

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How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? How did the postwar discourse on development actually create the so-called Third World? And what will happen when development i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Escobar, Arturo, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Edición:New ed. /
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ekonomisk historia > 1945-
Ekonomisk utveckling.
Entwicklungstheorie
Entwicklungshilfe
Social conditions
Economic history.
Economic development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
economic situation.
social conditions.
developing countries.
economic development.
Histoire economique > 1945-
Developpement economique.
Economic history > 1945-
Entwicklungsländer
Developing countries.
Developing countries > Social conditions.
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the 2012 edition; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Development and the Anthropology of Modernity; CHAPTER 2 Problematization of Poverty: The Tale of Three Worlds and Development; CHAPTER 3 Economics and the Space of Development: Tales of Growth and Capital; CHAPTER 4 Dispersion of Power: Tales of Food and Hunger; CHAPTER 5 Power and Visibility: Tales of Peasants, Women, and the Environment; CHAPTER 6 Conclusion: Imagining a Postdevelopment Era; Notes; References; Index.

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