The end of development? : modernity, post-modernity and development / Trevor Parfitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parfitt, Trevor W., 1954-

Series:

Third World in global politics The end of development?

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Development economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 177 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Outlines a radical new approach to development studies in the light of the policies imposed by the IMF and World Bank.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction: The End of Development?

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 Archeologies 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

Bibliography

Index

al-Quaida group 132

al-Shaab group 138

Allende, Salvador 144

Alvarez, S. 120

American War of Independence

98 -9

103

An-Naim, A. 133 -6

apartheid 23

aporia 96 -9

archaeology 47

arche 24

arche-writing

89 -90

92

93

95

98

104

Arkhoun, M. 132 -3

arms industry 108

aufhebung 97

autonomy, individual

19

20

38

Bacon, Francis 15

Baker, R. 137 -8

Bali 144

Bangladesh 9

Barangay Amar Farmer's Association 153

Barangay Taludtod 154

Bauman, Z. 82

Bawtree, V.

4

Beardsworth, R.

7 5

93 -4

96

Benhabib, S. 62

Bennington, G.

75

106

Blaug, R.

62 -8

71

72

117

126

162

Boran people, East Africa

37

bottom-up development

32

159

163.

Boyle, Robert 15

Burke, E. 22

Burkey, S.

146

148

151 -2

154

157

Burnell, P. 143 -4

Cambodia 114

Canada

69

153

capitalism

108 -9

113

and development 39

and development 116

categorical imperatives

84

85

change agents

dangers of 153

dangers of 156

dangers of 157 -8

making contact 152 -3

role of 146

role of 150 -2

understanding community 148 -9

Chiapas

124

125

128

131

Chile 144

China

39

114

Chipko

9

158

Clarkson, L. 38

class struggle

110

111 -12

closure

6

118

123

128 -9

and consensus 163

and exclusion 94

and exclusion 97

and exclusion 115

and exclusion 117

and exclusion 126

and exclusion 131

and revolution 113

and revolution 128

COCEI [Coalition of Workers, Peasants and Students of the Isthmus]

129 -31

140

141

163

Cohen, J. N. 85

Colombia

31

communication 61

Communism

1

2

111

communities, and ethical relationship 86 -7

Comstock, D. E. 149 -50

Confucius

40

conscientisation [animation]

conscientisation [animation] 150

conscientisation [animation] 151

conscientisation [animation] 157

consensus

63

68 -70

115

127

Copernicus 14

Cowen, M. P.

5

41 -4

Critchley, S.

76

80

83 -8

101 -2

Crush, J. 4

cultural relativism

27

35 -7

53

69 -70

Dagnino, E.

121 -2

Dahl, G. 38

decisions

and exclusions 91 -3

and exclusions 101

and exclusions 105

and exclusions 106

and undecidability 88 -9

and undecidability 95 -106

through 'other in me' 104 -5

deconstruction

74

76 -80

and decision-making 104 -5.

and democracy 106 -7

and difference 115

and ethics 84

and ethics 86

and ethics 88

and ethics 96

and ethics 103

and ethics 115

and politics 78 -9

and politics 100 -6

and politics 115

and relationship to the other 96

and relationship to the other 97

as philosophy of least violence 89 -95

as philosophy of least violence 105

as philosophy of least violence 115

implications for action 105 -14

democracy

87 -8

94 -5

106 -7

127 -8

and exclusion 106

and exclusion 107

and vernacular societies 39 -40

promise of 109 -10

promise of 114

Derrida, J.

10 -11

74 -80

133

decision-making 95 -8

decision-making 101

decision-making 106

linguistics 89 -93

linguistics 95

linguistics 115

politics and ethics 100 -14

politics and ethics 116

politics and ethics 161

politics and ethics 162

Descartes, R.

15

16

17

24

development

benefits to people 31

benefits to people 33

benefits to people 50

and emancipation 4 -5

and emancipation 6

and emancipation 8

and emancipation 9

and emancipation 52

and imposition of power 7 -8

and politico-diplomatic considerations 143 -5

and power relations 28

and power relations 29 -30

and progress 7

and progress 8

and progress 41

and women 31

and women 33

as continuous process 162 -3

as continuous process 164

as harmful 4

as harmful 34

as harmful 38

as harmful 41

as harmful 115

as harmful 142

as harmful 145

as harmful 161

capabilities and entitlements 43

concept of 3 -4

need for 160

objectives of 162

objectives of 164

planning 2 -3

planning 29

reform of 50

development agencies

and openness 63

support for NSMs 79.

development discourse

29 -32

history of 40 -1

problems 28 -9

problems 31

problems 46

problems 48

differance 78

discipline

47 -8

49

56

57

58

discourse

and power 28

and power 45

and power 47

and power 49

and power 51

and power 57 -8

and relativism 57

and truth 28

and truth 51

and truth 54

and truth 56

and truth 60

discourse ethics

59 -73

162 -3

and cultural difference 69 -70

and cultural difference 71 -2

and judgements 65 -6

and judgements 67 -8

implementation 63 -8

implementation 71

disempowerment

29

Dreyfus, H. L. and S. 67

Dryzek, J. S. 64

Dupré, L.

13

25

economy of violence 93

Egypt

137 -9

144

Egyptian War 138

Ehteshami, A. 132

emancipation

4 -5

8

and democracy 107

and NSMs 5

and NSMs 9

and NSMs 52

and participatory development 158

as continuous process 150

Enlightenment

46

Escobar, A.

28 -33

45

50

55

relativism 36

relativism 43

top-down development 142

top-down development 143

Esteva, G.

concept of development 3

concept of development 6

and emancipatory movements 9

and emancipatory movements 10

and emancipatory movements 12

and emancipatory movements 33 -7

and emancipatory movements 124

and emancipatory movements 129

and emancipatory movements 131

and vernacular societies 37

and vernacular societies 118

and vernacular societies 140

critique of development 4

critique of development 5

critique of development 7

relativism 35 -7

ethical relationship

59

81

82

83 -4

and third party 86 -8

and third party 101

and third party 102 -3

and violence 95.

ethics

as first philosophy 80 -9

and rigid systems 80

and rigid systems 88

and violence 104

pervertibility of 104

universal 10

ethnic cleansing

71 -2

EU aid 144

exclusion

73

91 -8

129 -30

and capitalism 108 -9

and closure 94

and closure 95

and closure 97

and closure 115

and closure 117

and closure 126

and closure 131

and decisions 91 -3

and decisions 101

and decisions 105

and decisions 106

and democracy 106

and free speech 63

and violence 93

and violence 94 -6

and violence 98

and violence 103 -4

and violence 105

and violence 115 -16

and violence 117

and violence 131 -2

Eyadema, General G. 144

fascism 131

Faurisson, R. 27

feminism

Fichte, J. G. 18

Flacks, R.

119

Flynn, T. 47

Foucault, M.

28

45 -59

relativism 51 -3

relativism 72

validity of theories 51

validity of theories 58

foundationalism

20 -1

23 -6

27 -8

77 -8

and exclusions 43

and exclusions 59

and exclusions 62

and exclusions 75

and exclusions 89

Fox, R. 149 -50

France 144

Fraser, N. 51

free market

112

free speech 63 -4

freedom

94

103 -4

Freire, P.

145 -6

French Revolution 22

Freud, S. 97

Fukuyama, F. 107

genealogy

47

globalisation

120

God

14

Gramsci, A.

121

122

Gulag Archipelago 22

Gulen, F. 139 -40

Gulf War 138

Habermas, J.

45 -6

54

ideal speech situation 61

ideal speech situation 63 -5

ideal speech situation 117

ideal speech situation 126.

ideal speech situation 163.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

ISBN:

9781849640916

1849640912

OCLC:

654104783