(The) History of Development from western origins to global faith

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rist, Gilbert
Format: Book
Published: New Delhi Academic Foundation 2002.
Edition:New rev. enl. ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Definition of development Metamorphoses of a western myth The making of a world system The invention of development The international doctrine and the institutions take root Modernization poised between history and prophecy The periphery and the understanding of history Self reliance: the communal past as a model for the future The triumph of third worldism The environment or the new nature of development A mixture of realism and fine sentiments The postmodern illusion: globalization as Simulacrum of development Some thoughts on what is to be done The struggle against poverty: slogan and alibi