Interdisciplinary in approach, this book offers an analysis of the genealogy of Western capitalist 'development'. Proposing innovative arguments and challenging conventional thinking, it provides a new perspective on the discourse of development.

Containing the best interdisciplinary work in international law, this book offers an intelligent and thought-provoking analysis of the genealogy of Western capitalist 'development'. Putting forth ground-breaking arguments and challenging the traditional boundaries of thinking about the concept of development and underdevelopment, it provides readers with a new perspective on the West's relationship with the rest of the world.

With Jennifer Beard's departure from the common position that development and underdevelopment are conceptual outcomes of the Imperialist era, The...