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The Development dictionary : a guide to knowledge as power

Contributor(s): Wolfgang Sachs : (Editor)Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1998Description: 306 pISBN: 1856490432 ; 9781856490436 ; 1856490440 ; 9781856490443Subject(s): Economic development - Terminology | Economic Development - Terminology | Economic development | Terminology | Dictionaries | Economic developmentDDC classification: 001.03

Contents:

Introduction / Wolfgang Sachs -- Development / Gustavo Esteva -- Environment / Wolfgang Sachs -- Equality / C. Douglas Lummis -- Helping / Marianne Gronemeyer -- Market / Gérhard Berthoud -- Needs / Ivan Illich -- One world / Wolfgang Sachs -- Participation / Majid Rahnema -- Planning / Arturo Escobar -- Population / Barbara Duden -- Poverty / Majid Rahnema -- Production / Jean Robert -- Progress / José Maria Sbert -- Resources / Vandana Shiva -- Science / Claude Alvares -- Socialism / Harry Cleaver -- Standard of living / Serge Latouche -- State / Ashis Nandy -- Technology / Otto Ullrich.

Summary: Reviews the key concepts of the development discourse. This book contains essays each of which examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias.

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Included Index.

Introduction / Wolfgang Sachs --
Development / Gustavo Esteva --
Environment / Wolfgang Sachs --
Equality / C. Douglas Lummis --
Helping / Marianne Gronemeyer --
Market / Gérhard Berthoud --
Needs / Ivan Illich --
One world / Wolfgang Sachs --
Participation / Majid Rahnema --
Planning / Arturo Escobar --
Population / Barbara Duden --
Poverty / Majid Rahnema --
Production / Jean Robert --
Progress / José Maria Sbert --
Resources / Vandana Shiva --
Science / Claude Alvares --
Socialism / Harry Cleaver --
Standard of living / Serge Latouche --
State / Ashis Nandy --
Technology / Otto Ullrich.

Reviews the key concepts of the development discourse. This book contains essays each of which examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias.

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