
Deconstructing Human Development
From the Washington Consensus to the 2030 Agenda
Juan Telleria(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. December 2020
Book
Hardback
134 pages
978-0-367-48956-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a critical deconstruction of the human development framework promoted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990. Taking the Human Development Reports of the UNDP as its starting point for reflection, this book investigates the construction of this framework as well as its political function since the end of the Cold War. The book argues that the UNDP's discourse on development relies on essentialist philosophical, cultural, and political assumptions dating back to the 19th century and concludes that these assumptions - also present in the MDGs and SDGs - impede a full grasp of the complex and multi-layered global problems of the current world. Whilst development critiques traditionally relied on liberal, Marxist or Foucauldian theoretical frameworks and focused on epistemological or political economy issues, this book draws on the post-foundational and post-structuralist work of Ernesto Laclau and Jacques Derrida and proposes an ontological and relational reading of development discourses that both complements and further develops the insights of previous critiques. This book is key reading for advanced students and researchers of Critical Development Studies, Political Science, the UN, and Sustainable Development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
7 s/w Zeichnungen
7 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-48956-4 (9780367489564)
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Person
Juan Telleria is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Researcher at the Hegoa Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain.
Content
Introduction: The Endless Quest Chapter 1: (The Absence of) Development Chapter 2: Evolutionism and the Matryoshka Doll Chapter 3: Sisphus and the Mountain Called Capitalism Chapter 4: We are the Champions Chapter 5: We are the World Conclusion: Past, (...) and Future