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The will to improve : governmentality, development, and the practice of politics / Tania Murray Li.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Li, Tania, 1959-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Economic development--Political aspects.
Economic development.
Sulawesi Tengah (Indonesia)--Economic policy.
Sulawesi Tengah (Indonesia).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (391 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Theoretical and anthropological study of how techniques of governance have been devised in the colonial and postcolonial context of Indonesia and their effect on current debates over economic development in the region.
Contents:
Contradictory positions
Projects, practices, and effects
Formations of capital and identity
Rendering technical?
Politics in contention
Provocation and reversal
Development in the age of neoliberalism.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-365) and index.
ISBN:
9780822389781
0822389789
OCLC:
651858112

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