Rethinking development geographies / / Marcus Power
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| Autore: |
Power Marcus <1971-, >
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| Titolo: |
Rethinking development geographies / / Marcus Power
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic geography |
| Economic development | |
| Globalization | |
| Economic history | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Developing countries Economic conditions |
| Classificazione: | 74.06 |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rethinking development geographies |
| ISBN: | 1-134-53140-0 |
| 1-134-53141-9 | |
| 1-299-45808-4 | |
| 1-280-04943-X | |
| 0-203-00618-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783995603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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