Cheryl Mcewan

Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. It unpacks the difficult, complex and important aspects of the relationships between postcolonial theory, decoloniality and development studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 857g
• ISBN-13: 9781138036710
• ISBN-10: 1138036714
• Artikelnr.: 57053678

Autorenporträt

Cheryl McEwan is Professor of Human Geography at Durham University, UK. Her main research interests include ethical consumption in the global South, the geographies of transformation in South Africa and the role of postcolonial theory and decolonial politics in shaping responses to global challenges. She is author of Gender, Geography and Empire (2000) and Postcolonialism and Development (2009), and co-editor of Postcolonial Geographies (2002) and Postcolonial Economies (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 Histories and geographies of postcolonialism 3 A
postcolonial history development 4 Discourses of development and the power
of representation 5 Critiquing development knowledge and power 6 Agency in
development 7 Towards a postcolonial development agenda 8 Beyond
Development and decolonizing life in the 'Anthropocene'? 9 Conclusions