Reinventing Development   [electronic resource] : The Sceptical Change Agent /
Fforde, Adam.author.
This book debunks the foundations of contemporary government-led development policy. The author questions the predictability of success when using mainstream development doctrines and its underlying assumptions, approaching development from a sceptical standpoint, as opposed to the more common optimistic view. The book uses international development and aid as a case study of how rich countries define how change should happen. Further, it suggests alternative ways of thinking about and organizing social change.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Introduction  -- 2. Development today: Its Facts  -- 3. Development in the Early Years and the Facts of Underdevelopment Since WWII  -- 4. The Facts behind Development's Facts: The Epistemological Assumptions of Mainstream Development  -- 5. Christendom, Its Companions and the Question of Knowability: The Flaw at the Core of Classic Epistemology  -- 6. Contesting Classical Development Doctrines: Explaining the Movement Away from Them  -- 7. Option 1: Reconstructivist Development Doctrines  -- 8. Option 2: Sceptical Development Doctrines  -- 9. The Reinvention of Development.
This book debunks the foundations of contemporary government-led development policy. The author questions the predictability of success when using mainstream development doctrines and its underlying assumptions, approaching development from a sceptical standpoint, as opposed to the more common optimistic view. The book uses international development and aid as a case study of how rich countries define how change should happen. Further, it suggests alternative ways of thinking about and organizing social change.
Economic development.
Social change.
Economic policy.
International relations.
Economic development—Environmental aspects.
Development and Social Change.
Development Theory.
Development Policy.
Regional Development.
International Relations Theory.
Development and Sustainability.