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082			_a338.9HET
100			_aHettne, Bjorn.
245		0	_aThinking about development
260			_aLondon _bZed Books _c2009
300			_aviii, 152 p. ; 21 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [138]-144) and index.
520			_aThis book is a concise and accessible introduction to development thinking, contemporary development theory and practice and - a critical analysis of the values that lie behind them. Hettne argues that schools of development thinking should be historically contextualized, not presented as evolving towards a universal theory. The book will present development as an 'essentially contested concept', that has meant a number of things at various times to different people in different places. Focusing on historical discourses from the initial colonial encounters through to the modern day, Hettne draws the connections between the enlightenment belief in 'progress' through to the more recent focus on the Millennium Development Goals. The first volume in the 'Development Matters' series this book provides the key frame for the series as a whole, enabling readers to locate texts on themes such as environmental justice, technology and development learning within a broader historical, conceptual and political context than the immediate policy and output needs of neoliberalism.
650			_aEconomic development.
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