Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow : exploring the multi-dimensional discourses on 'development'

Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow : exploring the multi-dimensional discourses on 'development' / edited by Nathan Andrews [and others].

From a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary standpoint, this book challenges the teleological and unidirectional notions of development embodied in the idea of modernisation or 'progress' and offers a critique of the tendency to consider Africa as a basket case, which often gives the We...

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Other Authors: Andrews, Nathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013.
Subjects:
Economic development > Africa.
Progress.
Development studies.
African history.
International relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Economic development
Economic history
Progress
Social conditions
Africa > Economic conditions.
Africa > Social conditions.
Africa
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Summary:From a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary standpoint, this book challenges the teleological and unidirectional notions of development embodied in the idea of modernisation or 'progress' and offers a critique of the tendency to consider Africa as a basket case, which often gives the Western 'self' an undeserving privilege and superiority over the African 'other'. Mostly authored by emerging African scholars, this 16-chapter volume addresses the historical application of development projec ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443846394
1443846392
9781299645981
1299645984

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