1st Edition

Power of Development

Edited By Jonathan Crush Copyright 1995
344 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

Post-colonial, post-modern and feminist critiques have challenged the ways we theorise and practice development. Development is not just the conclusion of economic logic; its histories reveal a legacy of contested power, illuminating the contemporary battlefields of knowledge. These essays explore the language of development, its rhetoric and meaning within different political and institutional... Read more
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Biography

A Professor of Geography at Queen’s University, Canada.