Description
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 ...
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781443846394 1443846392 9781299645981 1299645984 |