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The Myth of Development boldly states that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to. State-driven and market-led development models have both failed. Many countries, and their cities in particular, are collapsing into ungovernable chaotic entities. De Rivero shows that the root of this chaos is not simply economic, but stems from a much more profound crisis of our way of life and of our unsustainable global urban civilization. Arguing that the 'wealth of nations' agenda must be replaced by a 'survival of nations' agenda in order to prevent increasing human misery and political disorder, De Riviero explains why many countries must abandon dreams of development and adopt instead a policy of national survival based on providing basic water, food, renewable energy, and stabilizing their populations. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this edition engages with the latest findings on climate change and assesses the prospects for our species in the decades ahead.
The Myth of Development boldly states that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to. State-driven and market-led development models have both failed. Many countries, and their cities in particular, are collapsing into ungovernable chaotic entities. De Rivero shows that the root of this chaos is not simply economic, but stems from a much more profound crisis of our way of life and of our unsustainable global urban civilization. Arguing that the 'wealth of nations' agenda must be replaced by a 'survival of nations' agenda in order to prevent increasing human misery and political disorder, De Riviero explains why many countries must abandon dreams of development and adopt instead a policy of national survival based on providing basic water, food, renewable energy, and stabilizing their populations. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this edition engages with the latest findings on climate change and assesses the prospects for our species in the decades ahead.
This provocative book asks readers to be politically realistic
about what is happening to the overwhelming majority of people in
Third World countries. With three exceptions (Singapore, South
Korea, and Taiwan), development has not come. A myriad of people in
feeble infant-states have been born--children of
self-determination, but not of economic and scientific progress.
State-driven, communist, and neo-liberal development models have
failed most of these people. The large majority of Third World
countries are only mistakenly called "developing." They are not
actually in the process of becoming Newly Industrialized Countries
(NIC's), but Non-Viable National Economies (NNE's). This book
explores the option of replacing the wealth of nations agenda with
a survival of nations agenda. In order to prevent increasing social
and political disorders, the author argues that many countries with
primary production and explosive urban growth will have to abandon
dreams of development to adopt a policy of national survival based
on the search for water, food, and energy security--and the
stabilization of their populations.
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