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020 _a9781848133792 (hbk.)
020 _a1848133790 (hbk.)
020 _a9781848133808 (pbk.)
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245 0 4 _aThe development dictionary :
_ba guide to knowledge as power / (Acc. 4318)
_cedited by Wolfgang Sachs.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aLondon :
_bZed Books,
_c2010.
300 _axx, 332 p. ;
_c22 cm.
520 _aIn this classic collection, some of the world's most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse. Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they argue, in order to liberate people's minds - in both North and South - for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity. The combined result forms a must-read invitation to experts, grassroots movements and students of development to recognize the tainted glasses they put on whenever they participate in the development discourse.
650 0 _aEconomic development
650 0 _aKnowledge, Sociology of.
650 0 _aPower (Social sciences)
700 1 _aSachs, Wolfgang.
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