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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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Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.96 |
916/.008 | |
Soggetto topico: | Economic development - Africa |
Progress | |
Soggetto geografico: | Africa Economic conditions |
Africa Social conditions | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
AndrewsNathan
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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... |
Titolo autorizzato: | Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4438-4639-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910463063403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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