Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the multi-dimensional discourses on 'development' / / edited by Nathan Andrews ... [et al.]



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Titolo: Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the multi-dimensional discourses on 'development' / / edited by Nathan Andrews ... [et al.] Visualizza cluster
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
Altri autori: AndrewsNathan  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4438-4639-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786247203321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui