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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809602503321

Autore

Power Marcus <1971->

Titolo

Rethinking development geographies / / Marcus Power

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-53140-0

1-134-53141-9

1-299-45808-4

1-280-04943-X

0-203-00618-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Classificazione

74.06

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic geography

Economic development

Globalization

Economic history

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Illuminating the dark side of development -- Geographers and the 'Tropics' -- Development thinking : where is the magical 'Kingdom of abundance'? -- Thirdworldism and the imagination of global development -- Post-colonial geographies of development -- Globalisation, government and power -- The dissemination of development -- 'Theorising back' : views from the South and the globalisation of resistance -- Conclusions : resisting the temptations of remedies, mirages and fairy-tales.

Sommario/riassunto

Moving away from the traditional approach of providing descriptive accounts of Third World geographical issues, this book offers a stimulating critical introduction to the changing geographies of global development.