Rethinking development geographies [electronic resource] / Marcus Power.

By: Power, Marcus, 1971-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003Description: xii, 273 p. : illSubject(s): Economic geography | Economic development | Globalization | Economic history | Developing countries -- Economic conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.9 LOC classification: HF1027 | .M23 2003Other classification: 74.06 Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- Illuminating the dark side of development -- Geographers and the 'Tropics' -- Development thinking : where is the magical 'Kingdom of abundance'? -- Thirdworldism and the imagination of global development -- Post-colonial geographies of development -- Globalisation, government and power -- The dissemination of development -- 'Theorising back' : views from the South and the globalisation of resistance -- Conclusions : resisting the temptations of remedies, mirages and fairy-tales.
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-257) and index.

Introduction -- Illuminating the dark side of development -- Geographers and the 'Tropics' -- Development thinking : where is the magical 'Kingdom of abundance'? -- Thirdworldism and the imagination of global development -- Post-colonial geographies of development -- Globalisation, government and power -- The dissemination of development -- 'Theorising back' : views from the South and the globalisation of resistance -- Conclusions : resisting the temptations of remedies, mirages and fairy-tales.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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