Colonised minds? Post-development theory and the desirability of development in Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1279540
Abstract: Abstract While post-development theory is very concerned with the ways in which development has impacted upon the countries of the Global South, there has been relatively little written on post-development theory from an African perspective.… read more here.
Keywords: post development; development; development africa; development theory ... See more keywords
Fossil-fuelled development and the legacy of Post-Development theory in twenty-first century Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1334544
Abstract: Abstract This article examines the legacy of Post-Development theory, in particular its relevance and applicability to debates about Africa’s future. It scrutinises Post-Development theory, and its claims about the end of development, through the prisms… read more here.
Keywords: post development; legacy post; development; development theory ... See more keywords
Global Moments and the Rise of Area Studies and Development Theory in Germany, 1914–1945
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DOI: 10.1093/gerhis/ghab049
Abstract: Scholars have often portrayed development theory as a new discipline that grew out of America’s rise to global power during and after the Second World War. This article adds to the complex origin story of… read more here.
Keywords: global moments; moments rise; world; development ... See more keywords