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The history of development : from western origins to global faith / Gilbert Rist translated by Patrick Camiller.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi : Academic Foundation, 2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 288 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 8171887392 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9 RIS
Contents:
Introduction 1. Definitions of Development; 2. Metamorphoses of a Western Myth; 3. The Making of a World System; 4. The Invention of Development; 5. The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root; 6. Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy; 7. The Periphery and the Understanding of History; 8. Self-Reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for the Future; 9. The Triumph of Third Worldism; 10. The Environment, or the New Nature of 'Development'; 11. A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments; 12. The Postmodern Illusion: Globalization as a Simulacrum of 'Development'; 13. The Fight against Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals; 14. Post-Development: Decroissance and the Changing Economic Paradigm; Conclusion.
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Introduction
1. Definitions of Development;
2. Metamorphoses of a Western Myth;
3. The Making of a World System;
4. The Invention of Development;
5. The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root;
6. Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy;
7. The Periphery and the Understanding of History;
8. Self-Reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for the Future;
9. The Triumph of Third Worldism;
10. The Environment, or the New Nature of 'Development';
11. A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments;
12. The Postmodern Illusion: Globalization as a Simulacrum of 'Development';
13. The Fight against Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals;
14. Post-Development: Decroissance and the Changing Economic Paradigm;
Conclusion.