Rethinking development geographies
Title:
Rethinking development geographies
Author:
Power, Marcus, 1971-
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Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
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xii, 273 p. : ill.
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
Contents:
Introduction -- Illuminating the dark side of development -- Geographers and the 'Tropics' -- Development thinking : where is the magical 'Kingdom of abundance'? -- Thirdworldism and the imagination of global development -- Post-colonial geographies of development -- Globalisation, government and power -- The dissemination of development -- 'Theorising back' : views from the South and the globalisation of resistance -- Conclusions : resisting the temptations of remedies, mirages and fairy-tales.
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