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Development Theory and Practice: Critical Perspectives
Uma Kothari (Ed.)
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Description for Development Theory and Practice: Critical Perspectives
Paperback. This text provides a critical assessment of dominant features of development theory and practice in such areas as globalization, governance, social development, participation, feminism and postcolonialism, civil society, environment and development management. Editor(s): Kothari, Uma; Minogue, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
This text provides a critical assessment of dominant features of development theory and practice in such areas as globalisation, governance, social development, participation, feminism and postcolonialism, civil society, environment and development management. Each chapter addresses a particular approach within development by setting out the orthodoxy, and critically evaluates this before engaging more constructively with the challenges presented by contemporary development. This approach will give students a clearer understanding of the debates within development today.
This text provides a critical assessment of dominant features of development theory and practice in such areas as globalisation, governance, social development, participation, feminism and postcolonialism, civil society, environment and development management. Each chapter addresses a particular approach within development by setting out the orthodoxy, and critically evaluates this before engaging more constructively with the challenges presented by contemporary development. This approach will give students a clearer understanding of the debates within development today.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333800713
SKU
V9780333800713
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99-10
About Uma Kothari (Ed.)
UMA KOTHARI is Senior Lecturer in Social Development, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester. MARTIN MINOGUE is Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester.
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