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Development Discourse and Global History - From colonialism to the sustainable development goals (Hardcover)
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Development Discourse and Global History - From colonialism to the sustainable development goals (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
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The manner in which people have been talking and writing about
'development' and the rules according to which they have done so
have evolved over time. Development Discourse and Global History
uses the archaeological and genealogical methods of Michel Foucault
to trace the origins of development discourse back to late
colonialism and notes the significant discontinuities that led to
the establishment of a new discourse and its accompanying industry.
This book goes on to describe the contestations, appropriations and
transformations of the concept. It shows how some of the trends in
development discourse since the crisis of the 1980s - the emphasis
on participation and ownership, sustainable development and free
markets - are incompatible with the original rules and thus lead to
serious contradictions. The Eurocentric, authoritarian and
depoliticizing elements in development discourse are uncovered,
whilst still recognizing its progressive appropriations. The author
concludes by analysing the old and new features of development
discourse which can be found in the debate on Sustainable
Development Goals and discussing the contribution of discourse
analysis to development studies. This book is aimed at researchers
and students in development studies, global history and discourse
analysis as well as an interdisciplinary audience from
international relations, political science, sociology, geography,
anthropology, language and literary studies. The Open Access
version of this book, available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315753782, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
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