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

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 develo...

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Superior document:Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
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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.
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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.