The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1786997517 ISBN 13: 9781786997517

Casa editrice: Zed Books, 2019

Riassunto

The original critical guide to key concepts in development studies from some of the world's most eminent critical development scholars and practitioners. Each essay in this now classic collection examines one key development concept, from “environment” to “needs” and “progress” to “production.” Each concept is reviewed from a historical and anthropological point of view, with particular bias and intellectual flaws being highlighted. Overall, the authors argue that we must bid farewell to the whole idea of Eurocentric development in order to liberate people’s minds in both North and South and to mobilize for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity. The result is an indispensable resource for scholars, practitioners, movements and students of development which invites us to recognize the tinted glasses we put on whenever we participate in the development discourse.

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L'autore

Wolfgang Sachs is research director at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy in Germany. He has been chair of the board of Greenpeace Germany, a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and is currently a member of the Club of Rome. He teaches at Schumacher College and is honorary professor at the University of Kassel. His other books include Planet Dialectics: Explorations in Environment and Development and Fair Future: Resource Conflicts, Security, and Global Justice Edited, both from Zed Books.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Zed Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1786997517
• ISBN 13: 9781786997517
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Redattore: Sachs Wolfgang