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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476766303321

Autore

Ziai Aram

Titolo

Development Discourse and Global History : From colonialism to the sustainable development goals

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, United States, : Routledge, 2015

ISBN

1-315-75378-2

1-317-62215-4

1-317-62214-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

Disciplina

338.9001/4

338.90014

Soggetti

Economic development - Philosophy

Development economics - Philosophy

Sustainable development - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Poststructuralism, discourse and power -- From "civilising mission" to "development" -- An archaeology of development knowledge -- The concept of "development" and why it should be abandoned -- Development discourse : appropriation and tactical polyvalence -- The transformation of development discourse : participation, sustainability, heterogeneity -- From "development" to "globalisation" -- World Bank discourse and poverty reduction -- "Development" : projects, power and a poststructuralist perspective -- Millennium Development Goals -- Justice, not development. Sen and the hegemonic framework for ameliorating global inequality -- Migration management as development aid? The IOM and the international migration and development initiative -- The post-2015 agenda and the sustainable development goals : the persistence of development discourse -- Conclusion: the contribution of discourse analysis to development studies.

Sommario/riassunto

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