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Encountering Development The Making of the Third World

Paperback • 1995 • English • 1. edition

Encountering Development The Making of the Third World

By Arturo Escobar

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How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? How did the postwar discourse on development actually create the so-called Third World? And what will happen when development ideology collapses? To answer these questions, Arturo Escobar shows how development policies became mechanisms of control that were just as pervasive and effective as their colonial counterparts. The d...Show more

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9780691001029

Publisher

University Press

Published year

1995

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Encountering Development The Making of the Third World

Format

Paperback

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