Reinventing Development

The Sceptical Change Agent
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-84351-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 4099 g

This book debunks the foundations of contemporary government-led development policy. The author questions the predictability of success when using mainstream development doctrines and its underlying assumptions, approaching development from a sceptical standpoint, as opposed to the more common optimistic view. The book uses international development and aid as a case study of how rich countries define how change should happen. Further, it suggests alternative ways of thinking about and organizing social change.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fforde, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction.- 2. Development today: Its Facts.- 3. Development in the Early Years and the Facts of Underdevelopment Since WWII.- 4. The Facts behind Development's Facts: The Epistemological Assumptions of Mainstream Development.- 5. Christendom, Its Companions and the Question of Knowability: The Flaw at the Core of Classic Epistemology.- 6. Contesting Classical Development Doctrines: Explaining the Movement Away from Them.- 7. Option 1: Reconstructivist Development Doctrines.- 8. Option 2: Sceptical Development Doctrines.- 9. The Reinvention of Development.

Über Autor(innen)

Adam Fforde is a Professorial Fellow at the Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Australia. He was an advisor to the Swedish Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, and from 1992-2013 ran his development consultancy, Adam Fforde and Assoc, p/l.