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Author McEwan, Cheryl

Title Postcolonialism, decoloniality and development / Cheryl McEwan
Edition 2nd ed
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 464 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge Perspectives on Development Ser
Routledge perspectives on development.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Acknowledgements; Copyright acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 Histories and geographies of postcolonialism; 3 A postcolonial history of development; 4 Discourses of development and the power of representation; 5 Critiquing development knowledge and power; 6 Agency in development; 7 Towards a postcolonial development agenda; 8 Beyond development and decolonizing life in the 'Anthropocene'?; 9 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development is a comprehensive revision of Postcolonialism and Development (2009) that explains, reviews and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. By outlining contemporary theoretical debates and examining their implications for how the developing world is thought about, written about and engaged with in policy terms, this book unpacks the difficult, complex and important aspects of the relationships between postcolonial theory, decoloniality and development studies. The book focuses on the importance of development discourses, the relationship between development knowledge and power, and agency within development. It includes significant new material exploring the significance of postcolonial approaches to understanding development in the context of rapid global change and the dissonances and interconnections between postcolonial theory and decolonial politics. It includes a new chapter on postcolonial theory, development and the Anthropocene that considers the challenges posed by the current global environmental crisis to both postcolonial theory and ideas of development. The book sets out an original and timely agenda for exploring the intersections between postcolonialism, decolonialism and development and provides an outline for a coherent and reinvigorated project of postcolonial development studies. Engaging with new and emerging debates in the fields of postcolonialism and development, and illustrating these through current issues, the book continues to set agendas for diverse scholars working in the fields of development studies, geography, anthropology, politics, cultural studies and history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Postcolonialism.
Postcolonialism -- Textbooks
postcolonialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
HISTORY -- General.
Anthropocene.
Ethical trade.
Ethiopian famine.
Sustainable Development.
subaltern.
the Carnegie Inquiry.
twenty-first century colonies.
Postcolonialism
SUBJECT Developing countries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037341
Developing countries -- Textbooks
Subject Developing countries
Genre/Form Textbooks
Form Electronic book
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