Postcolonialism meets economics / / edited by Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin and S. Charusheela

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 330/.01
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Moral and ethical aspects; Economics - Sociological aspects; Postcolonialism
• Altri autori: Zein-ElabdinEiman O. <1957-> CharusheelaS. <1964->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. The space of postcoloniality -- pt. II. Economics as a colonial discourse of modernity -- pt. III. Economics as a contemporary hegemonic discourse -- pt. IV. Toward a non-modernist economic analysis.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the last half century, economics has taken over from anthropology the role of drawing the powerful conceptual worldviews that organize knowledge and inform policy in both domestic and international contexts. Until now however, the colonial roots of economic theory have remained relatively unstudied. This book changes that.The wide array of contributions to this book draw on the rapidly growing body of postcolonial studies to critique both orthodox and heterodox economics. This book addresses a large gap in postcolonial studies, which lacks the type of sophisticated analysis of economic
• Titolo autorizzato: Postcolonialism meets economics
• ISBN: 1-135-14277-7; 0-203-60411-3; 1-299-28609-7; 1-135-14269-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816079503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Economics as social theory.