
The End of Development?
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Many development theorists turned to postmodernist theory to try to move on from this impasse, which in the 1990s led to a new line of critical thought that heralded 'the end of development'. They argued that development studies should be replaced by new strategies of emancipation, or 'new social movements' theory, originating in groups such as the Zapatistas of Mexico.
This book summarises the contested ideas of development studies and new social movements theory while rejecting calls for the end of development. Using postmodern theory to demonstrate that forms of development can be complementary to emancipatory social movement projects, Trevor Parfitt develops an alternative model of development which incorporates the needs of peoples both South and North.
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'An excellent tour of contemporary theory. For theorists, it illuminates and encourages the making of hard decisions' -- Ricardo Blaug, University of Leeds 'Consistently thoughtful and quietly persuasive' -- Tony Payne, University of SheffieldMore details
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2. From Post-Modernity to Post-Development
2.1. Introduction
2.2. From Modernity to Post-Modernity
2.3. Post-Development and its Discontents
2.4. Conclusions
3. Discourse of Power or Truth?
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Archaeologies and Genealogies
3.3. Discourse Ethics and the Problems of Application
4. Towards a Development of Least Violence?
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Deconstruction at First Sight
4.3. Ethics as First Philosophy
4.4. A Philosophy of the Least Violence
4.5. Undecidability and the Decision
4.6. Deconstruction, Politics, Development
4.7. Conclusions
5. New Social Movements: A Subject of Development?
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Social Movements and Permanent Revolution
5.3. An Islamic Politics of Least Violence?
5.4. Conclusions
6. Aid and the Principle of Least Violence
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Participation as a Development of Least Violence
6.3. Conclusions
7. Conclusion
Notes
Index
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