Gilbert Rist

The History of Development (eBook, PDF)

From Western Origins to Global Faith
Übersetzer: Camiller, Patrick

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783600243
• Artikelnr.: 41145450

Autorenporträt

Gilbert Rist is a Professor at the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED) in Geneva. He previously taught in Geneva, and spent several years as Director of the Centre Europe-Tiers Monde. His other publications include La Mondialisation des anti-sociétés (1997); La Culture, otage du développement? (1992); La Mythologie programme (1992); Le Nord perdu (1992) and Il était une fois le development (1986). The History of Development was his first book to be translated into English, and has also been published in Spanish and Italian.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Fourth Edition Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the
Second Edition Introduction 1. Definitions of Development 2. Metamorphoses
of a Western Myth 3. The Making of a World System 4. The Invention of
Development 5. The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root 6.
Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy 7. The Periphery and the
Understanding of History 8. Self-reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for
the Future 9. The Triumph of Third-Worldism 10. The Environment, or the New
Nature of 'Development' 11. A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments 12.
Globalization as a Simulacrum of 'Development' 13. From the Struggle
against Poverty to the Millennium Development Goals 14. The Great
Turnaround? 15. Beyond 'Development': From Downscaling to a Change in the
Economic Paradigm Conclusion Bibliography Index