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Autore: Power Marcus <1971-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Rethinking development geographies / / Marcus Power Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 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.: 9910450690303321
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