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The Future of Development: A Radical Manifesto
Gustavo Esteva
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Description for The Future of Development: A Radical Manifesto
Paperback. This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
On January 20, 1949 US President Harry S. Truman officially opened the era of development. On that day, over one half of the people of the world were defined as "underdeveloped" and they have stayed that way ever since. This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and shows how poorly we understand these two terms. It offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well. The authors argue that it is possible for everyone ... Read more
On January 20, 1949 US President Harry S. Truman officially opened the era of development. On that day, over one half of the people of the world were defined as "underdeveloped" and they have stayed that way ever since. This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and shows how poorly we understand these two terms. It offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well. The authors argue that it is possible for everyone ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
250g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447301080
SKU
V9781447301080
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About Gustavo Esteva
Gustavo Esteva is a grassroots activist and prolific author. He works in collaboration with Universidad de la Tierra, in Mexico, and many organizations and networks around the world. Salvatore Babones teaches sociology and social policy at the University of Sydney. He has published widely on globalization, inequality, and quantitative methodology. Philipp Babcicky is a PhD student at the University of ... Read more
Reviews for The Future of Development: A Radical Manifesto
"This book is highly accessible, informative, and potentially inspiring ... The book approaches familiar debates on development – including population growth, food scarcity and environmental degradation – from a perspective that is both original and thought provoking." Nitsan Chorev, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Brown University “By radically challenging what they call the colonizing virulence of underdevelopment, the authors ... Read more