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Development Discourse And Its Critics: An Introduction To Post-development / Aram Ziai -- 'post-development' As Concept And Social Practice / Arturo Escobar -- Development: The Devil We Know? / Knut G. Nustad -- Post-development And The Discourse-agency Interface / Jon Harald Sande Lie -- On The Singular Name Of Post-development: Serge Latouche's Destruktion Of Development And The Possibility Of Emancipation / Yoshihiro Nakano -- Pacific Indigenous Development And Post-intentional Realities / Susan Maiava And Trevor King -- Post-development And Further: Difference From 'inside' And Autonomy / Luciole Sauviat -- The Ambivalence Of Post-development: Between Reactionary Populism And Radical Democracy / Aram Ziai -- What, Then, Should We Do? Insights And Experiences Of A Senegalese Ngo / Sally Matthews -- Surplus Possibilities: Post-development And Community Economies / J.k. Gibson-graham -- Plachimada Resistance: A Post-development Social Movement Metaphor? / K. Ravi Raman -- Comida: A Narrative Mirror For The Universal Concept Of Nutrition / Martina Kaller- Dietrich -- Post-development: Unveiling Clues For A Possible Future / Ana Agostino -- Development, Internationalism And Social Movements A View From The North / Friederike Habermann And Aram Ziai -- Concluding The Exploration: Post-development Reconsidered / Aram Ziai. Edited By Aram Ziai. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
This volume investigates the theoretical validity and practical implications of the post-development critique, questioning whether the traditional paradigm of international development remains a viable framework for global progress. Editor Aram Ziai compiles a series of essays from diverse scholars who analyze the historical, social, and political dimensions of development discourse. The text evaluates whether post-development serves as a constructive alternative or merely a reactionary stance against established economic systems.
What You Will Find
Experts identify this collection as a significant contribution to the critical study of development, noting its utility for students and researchers navigating post-colonial theory. Readers frequently highlight the academic density of the prose and the breadth of perspectives provided by the various contributors.
Page Count:
240
Publication Date:
2007-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0203962095
ISBN-13:
9780203962091
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