Development Discourse and Global History : : From colonialism to the sustainable development goals.

• Superior document: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
• Author: Ziai, Aram.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The manner in which people have been talking and writing about 'development' and the rules according to which they have done so have evolved over time.Development Discourse and Global History uses the archaeological and genealogical methods of Michel Foucault to trace the origins of development discourse back to late colonialism and notes the significant discontinuities that led to the establishment of a new discourse and its accompanying industry. This book goes on to describe the contestations, appropriations and transformations of the concept. It shows how some of the trends in development

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Poststructuralism, discourse and power -- From "civilising mission" to "development" -- An archaeology of development knowledge -- The concept of "development" and why it should be abandoned -- Development discourse : appropriation and tactical polyvalence -- The transformation of development discourse : participation, sustainability, heterogeneity -- From "development" to "globalisation" -- World Bank discourse and poverty reduction -- "Development" : projects, power and a poststructuralist perspective -- Millennium Development Goals -- Justice, not development. Sen and the hegemonic framework for ameliorating global inequality -- Migration management as development aid? The IOM and the international migration and development initiative -- The post-2015 agenda and the sustainable development goals : the persistence of development discourse -- Conclusion: the contribution of discourse analysis to development studies.