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
Post-Development @ 25: on ‘being stuck’ and moving forward, sideways, backward and otherwise
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1334545
Abstract: Abstract Escobar and Esteva engage in a retrospective conversation on Post-Development, reassessing the critiques and discussing openly the meaning of ‘living beyond development’ today. Some of the topics covered include: how the development discourse has… read more here.
Keywords: development stuck; stuck moving; post development; moving forward ... See more keywords