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UNINA9910786247203321 |
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Titolo |
Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the multi-dimensional discourses on 'development' / / edited by Nathan Andrews ... [et al.] |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development - Africa |
Progress |
Africa Economic conditions |
Africa Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; PART I; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART III; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; PART IV; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary standpoint, this book challenges the teleological and unidirectional notions of development embodied in the idea of modernisation or 'progress' and offers a critique of the tendency to consider Africa as a basket case, which often gives the Western 'self' an undeserving privilege and superiority over the African 'other'. Mostly authored by emerging African scholars, this 16-chapter volume addresses the historical application of development projec... |
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