The violence of development : resource depletion, environmental crises and human rights abuses in Central America / Martin Mowforth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mowforth, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central America--Economic policy.

Central America.

Central America--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Pluto Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the failure of 'development' in Central America, where despite billions of dollars of development funding and positive indicators of economic growth, poverty remains entrenched and violence endemic. Martin Mowforth shows how development is predicated on force and systematic violence, through which the world's most powerful governments, financial institutions and companies punish the global south. Crucially, the analysis in The Violence of Development comes from many development project case studies and over sixty interviews with a range of people in Central America, including nuns, politicians, NGO representatives, trade unionists, indigenous leaders and human rights defenders. This book is a compelling synthesis of first-hand research and development theory.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures, Tables and Boxes""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Food: For Whose Table?""; ""3. Water: Flowing in the Wrong Direction""; ""4. Energy: Powerful Forces""; ""5. Mining: All That Glitters...""; ""6. Deforestation and Reforestation: Can't See the Wood for the Trees""; ""7. Industrialisation and Free Trade Treaties: From Slavery to Sweatshop""; ""8. Indigenous Groups: The Fourth World Fights Back""; ""9. The Violence of Development: Human Rights Defenders against the Wall""

""10. Whither Development?""""Notes""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 25, 2014).

ISBN:

9781783710362

1783710365

9781783710355

1783710357

OCLC:

878142326