The Idea of Development in Africa: A History

ISBN-13: 9781107103696 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 280 str.

Elisabeth McMahon; Corrie Decker

Opis

An engaging history of how the idea of development has shaped Africa's past and present encounters with the West.

Recenzje

'… the book is thought provoking as it discusses known material in a new light … Recommended. Graduate students and faculty.' J. E. Weaver, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Origins of the Development Episteme: 1. From Progress to Development; 2. Knowledge and the Development Episteme; 3. Eugenics and Racism in the Development Episteme; 4. Decolonizing the Idea of Development; Part II. Implementation of the Development Episteme: 5. The Salvation of Science; 6. Challenges to Development; 7. From Modernization to Structural Adjustment; 8. The New Missionaries; Part III. Development 'Problems': 9. Reshaping Huts and Homes; 10. Lessons in Separate Development; 11. Capitalizing on Dis-Ease; 12. Manufacturing Modernization; 13. African Critiques of the Development Episteme.