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Development, Poverty of Culture, and Social Policy / by B. Mohan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mohan, Brij, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- International relations.
- Political sociology.
- Social policy.
- Political Science.
- Political Theory.
- Political Philosophy.
- International Relations.
- Political Sociology.
- Social Policy.
- Local Subjects:
- Political Science.
- Political Theory.
- Political Philosophy.
- International Relations.
- Political Sociology.
- Social Policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2011.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of complex issues, constructs, and interventions that deal with human-social problems with global implications. It posits social development theory and practice in a critically important context challenging the scientific orthodoxy of our times.
- Contents:
- Theorizing poverty of culture : requiem for change
- Development delusion
- Entropy of developmentalism
- Politics of development
- End of the Third World
- Rise of the rest
- Banality of global evil
- The caste war : archeology of a perpetual conflict
- The ordeal of reason
- Inanity of social intervention
- Rethinking of international social work
- Social practice in a troubled world
- New social development : a paradigm
- Human rights today
- Idioms of social change
- Epilogue: culture as a defensive spider.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613067067
- 9781283067065
- 1283067064
- 9780230117655
- 0230117651
- OCLC:
- 712015873
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