UID:
almafu_9959238309902883
Format:
1 online resource (286 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-53140-0
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1-134-53141-9
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1-299-45808-4
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1-280-04943-X
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0-203-00618-6
Content:
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.
Note:
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-25078-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-25079-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203006184
