The Will to Improve : Governmentality, Development, and the Practice of Politics /

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The Will to Improve is a remarkable account of development in action. Focusing on attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia, Tania Murray Li carefully exposes the practices that enable experts to diagnose problems and devise interventions, and the agency of people whose conduct is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Tania, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political science.
Political participation.
Economic policy.
Economic development > Political aspects.
Indonesia > Sulawesi Tengah.
Sulawesi Tengah (Indonesia) > Political activity.
Sulawesi Tengah (Indonesia) > Economic policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contradictory positions
  • Projects, practices, and effects
  • Formations of capital and identity
  • Rendering technical?
  • Politics in contention
  • Provocation and reversal
  • Development in the age of neoliberalism.

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