Product Description

This reader brings together thinking on development by scholars, practitioners and activists from both North and South. They provide a critique of what the mainstream paradigm has in practice done to the peoples of the world and to their richly diverse and sustainable ways of living. They also present some of the ideas out of which the victims of development are now constructing new, humane, culturally and ecologically respectful modes of development.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #188013 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

Remarkable, path-breaking, humane, clear-sighted, eclectic
A remarkable, iconoclastic, yet rigorous and eclectic introduction to politics and economics - reintegrating these forlorn fields with the realities and vicissitudes of human life and the needs of humanity. Sensitive to ecology, culture, spirituality: and, above all, to the real world of economics, to the lives and life patterns beneath the statistics of 'development'. Brimming with expertise and learning; highly unusual in its depth. Of interest not just to students of politics or economics, but to those are concerned for the future of humanity.

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This book is a sound introduction to post-development theory and contains a number of essays on the topic. It is a 'must read' text for anyone studying or interested in the field of development.