Reinventing development : the sceptical change agent /: the sceptical change agent. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adam Fforde.
• Authors: Fforde, Adam
• Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Development and its facts -- Development today: its facts -- Development in the early years and the facts of underdevelopment since WWII -- The facts behind development's facts: the epistemological assumptions of mainstrean development -- Part 2. Development and its meanings -- Christendom, its companions and the question of knowability: the flaw at the core of classic epistemology -- Contesting classical development doctrines: explaining the movement away from them -- The reinvention of development: managing ignorance and diversity -- Option 1 - reconstructivist development doctrines - 'a multitude of tin-openers': diversity at the central principle of reinvention -- Option 2 - Sceptical development doctrines - 'we do not need a tin-opener': ignorance as the central principle of reinvention -- Part 4. Conclusion -- The reinvention of development.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.9; Political science; Economic development; Economic assistance; Social change; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development; Economic assistance; Economic development; Social change; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Social Science -- Regional Studies; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Business & Economics -- Development -- Sustainable Development; Development studies; International relations; Sustainability; Economic policy; International relations; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319502274; 3319502271
• Related ISBNs: 9783319502267
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 7, 2017).
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