ISBN:
978-1-7836-0022-9
,
978-1-78360-023-6
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 304 Seiten
Edition:
4. edition
Uniform Title:
Le _développement
Keywords:
Okzident Sozio-ökonomischer Aspekt
;
Globalisierung
;
Hegemonie
;
Evolution, kulturelle
;
Entwicklung
;
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Wirtschaftlicher Wandel
;
Wachstum
;
Vereinte Nationen
;
Weltbank
Abstract:
In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in the Western view of history, through the early stages of the world system, the rise of US hegemony, and the supposed triumph of third-worldism, through to new concerns about the environment and globalization. In a new chapter on post-development models and ecological dimensions, written against a background of world crisis and ideological disarray, Rist considers possible ways forward and brings the book completely up to date. Throughout, he argues persuasively that development has been no more than a collective delusion, which in reality has resulted only in widening market relations, whatever the intentions of its advocates.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Definitions of Development: Conventional Thinking A Methodologkal Word Caution Elements of a Definition A Scandalous Definition? 'Development' as an Element in the Religion of Modernity -- 2. Metamorphoses of a Western Myth: What The Metaphor Implies Landmarks in the Western View of History Conclusion --3. The Making of a World System: Colonization The League of Nations and the Mandate System Conclusion -- 4. The Invention of Development: President Truman's Point Four A New World View; 'Underdevelopment' US Hegemony A New Paradign The 'Development' Age -- 5. The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root: The Bandung Conference The New International 'Development' Agencies -- 6. Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy: A Philosophy of History: Rostow's Stages of Economic Growth Anti-communism or Marxism without Marx? Dissident Voices -- 7. The Periphery and the Understanding of History: Neo-Marxism in the United States The Latin American Dependentistas A New Paradigm, but Age-old Presuppositions -- 8. Self-reliance: The Past as a Model for the Future: Ujamaa and the Tanzanian Experience The Principles of Self-reliance Possible Futures for Self-reliance --9. The Triumph of Third-Worldism: The New International Economic Order An Original Voice: The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Report on Another Development In The Wake of the NIEO: Further Porposals The 'Basic Needs' Approach Conclusion -- 10. The Environment, or the New Nature of 'Development": The Return to Economics Plus a Few Humanitarian Extras 'Sustainable Development' or Growth Everlasting? The Earth Summit Reflections on Deliberate Ambiguity -- 11. A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments: The South Commission The UNDP and 'Human Development' -- 12. Globalization as Simulacrum of 'Development': On the Usefulness of Talking at Cross-purposes Globalization, the Last Hope of Achieving 'Development'? Virtual Reality as a Refuge for Continuing Belief -- 13. From the Struggle against Poverty to the Millennium Development Goals: Just What is the Problem? Who are the Poor? Intervention on All Fronts The Millennium Goals: 'Development' in Shreds 'Development Aid': Massaging the Figures Conclusion -- 14. he Great Turnaround?: 'Development' Nowhere To Be Found Towards Other Models? Success in Reducing Poverty? Ecology as Crisis Conclusion -- 15. Beyond 'Development': Downscaling to a Change in the Economic Paradigm: Objectors to Growth and 'Development Loyalists' Economic 'Science': An Obsolete Paradigm Conclusion -- Conclusion: The Facts 'Post-development' Exhaustion of the Economic Paradigm: Believing or Knowing? -- Bibliography --Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 281-292
