| Thinking about Development Contributor(s): Hettne, Bjorn (Author), Hettne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848132468 ISBN-13: 9781848132467 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2009 Annotation: This book is a concise and accessible introduction to development thinking, theory and practice and a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. Hettne argues that schools of development thinking should be historically contextualized, not presented as evolving towards a universal theory. The book presents development as an essentially contested concept, that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in different places. Focusing on historical discourses from the initial colonial encounters through to the modern day, Hettne draws the connections between the enlightenment belief in progress through to the more recent focus on the Millennium Development Goals. The first volume in the "Development Matters" series, this book provides the key frame for the series as a whole. Click for more in this series: Development Matters |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - History - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
| Dewey: 338.9 |
| LCCN: 2010275953 |
| Series: Development Matters |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.78 lbs) 160 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a concise and accessible introduction to development thinking, contemporary development theory and practice and - a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. Hettne argues that schools of development thinking should be historically contextualized, not presented as evolving towards a universal theory. The book will present development as an 'essentially contested concept', that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in different places. Focusing on historical discourses from the initial colonial encounters through to the modern day, Hettne draws the connections between the enlightenment belief in 'progress' through to the more recent focus on the Millennium Development Goals. The first volume in the 'Development Matters' series this book provides the key frame for the series as a whole, enabling readers to locate texts on themes such as environmental justice, technology and development learning within a broader historical, conceptual and political context than the immediate policy and output needs of neoliberalism. |
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