The history of development : from Western origins to global faith

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Front Cover Half Title About The Author Title Page Copyright Contents Preface to the Fourth Edition Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1: Definitions of Development Conventional Thinking A Methodological Word of Caution Elements of a Definition A Scandalous Definition? ‘Development’ as an Element in the Religion of Modernity 2: Metamorphoses of a Western Myth What The Metaphor Implies Landmarks in the Western View of History Conclusion 3: The Making of a World System Colonization The League of Nations and the Mandate System Conclusion 4: The Invention of Development President Truman’s Point Four A New World-view: ‘Underdevelopment’ US Hegemony A New Paradigm The ‘Development’ Age 5: The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root The Bandung Conference The New International ‘Development’ Agencies 6: Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy A Philosophy of History: Rostow’s Stages of Economic Growth Anti-communism or Marxism without Marx? Dissident Voices 7: The Periphery and the Understanding of History Neo-Marxism in the United States The Latin American Dependentistas A New Paradigm, but Age-old Presuppositions 8: Self-reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for the Future Ujamaa and the Tanzanian Experience The Principles of Self‑reliance Possible Futures for Self-reliance 9: The Triumph of Third‑Worldism The New International Economic Order An Original Voice: The 1975 Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Report on Another Development In The Wake of the Nieo : Further Proposals The ‘Basic Needs’ Approach Conclusion 10: The Environment, or the New Nature of ‘Development’ The Return to Classical Economics Plus a Few Humanitarian Extras ‘Sustainable Development’ or Growth Everlasting? The Earth Summit Reflections on Deliberate Ambiguity 11: A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments The South Commission The Undp and ‘Human Development’ 12: Globalization as Simulacrum of ‘Development’ On the Usefulness of Talking at Cross-purposes Globalization, the Last Hope of Achieving ‘Development’? Virtual Reality as a Refuge for Continuing Belief 13: From the Struggle against Poverty to the Millennium Development Goals Just What Is the Problem? Who Are the Poor? Intervention on All Fronts The Millennium Goals: ‘Development’ in Shreds ‘Development Aid’: Massaging the Figures Conclusion 14: The Great Turnaround? ‘Development’ Nowhere To Be Found Towards Other Models? Success in Reducing Poverty? Ecology as Victim of the Crisis Conclusion 15: Beyond ‘Development’: From Downscaling to a Change in the Economic Paradigm Objectors to Growth and ‘Development Loyalists’ Economic ‘Science’: An Obsolete Paradigm Conclusion Conclusion The Facts ‘Post-development’ Exhaustion of the Economic Paradigm: Believing or Knowing? Bibliography Index