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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789861303321

Autore

Mohan B

Titolo

Development, Poverty of Culture, and Social Policy [[electronic resource] /] / by B. Mohan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-06706-4

9786613067067

0-230-11765-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

362.5/561

362.5561

Soggetti

Political science

Political science - Philosophy

International relations

Political sociology

Social policy

Political Science

Political Theory

Political Philosophy

International Relations

Political Sociology

Social Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theorizing poverty of culture : requiem for change -- Development delusion -- Entropy of developmentalism -- Politics of development -- End of the Third World -- Rise of the rest -- Banality of global evil -- The caste war : archeology of a perpetual conflict -- The ordeal of reason -- Inanity of social intervention -- Rethinking of international social work -- Social practice in a troubled world -- New social development : a paradigm -- Human rights today -- Idioms of social change -- Epilogue: culture as a defensive spider.



Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of complex issues, constructs, and interventions that deal with human-social problems with global implications. It posits social development theory and practice in a critically important context challenging the scientific orthodoxy of our times.