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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792039503321

Titolo

Postcolonialism meets economics / / edited by Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin and S. Charusheela

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-14277-7

0-203-60411-3

1-299-28609-7

1-135-14269-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Economics as social theory

Altri autori (Persone)

Zein-ElabdinEiman O. <1957->

CharusheelaS. <1964->

Disciplina

330/.01

Soggetti

Economics - Moral and ethical aspects

Economics - Sociological aspects

Postcolonialism

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

pt. I. The space of postcoloniality -- pt. II. Economics as a colonial discourse of modernity -- pt. III. Economics as a contemporary hegemonic discourse -- pt. IV. Toward a non-modernist economic analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

In the last half century, economics has taken over from anthropology the role of drawing the powerful conceptual worldviews that organize knowledge and inform policy in both domestic and international contexts. Until now however, the colonial roots of economic theory have remained relatively unstudied. This book changes that.The wide array of contributions to this book draw on the rapidly growing body of postcolonial studies to critique both orthodox and heterodox economics. This book addresses a large gap in postcolonial studies, which lacks the type of sophisticated analysis of economic