Fragments of Development
Subtitle: Nation, Gender, and the Space of Modernity
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: July 19, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780472114030
Subjects: Development economics; Philosophy; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; National state; International Relations - General; Economic aspects; Development - Economic Development; Social Science / Sociology / General; Anthropology - General; Development - Business Development; Feminist theory
First sentence: Open almost any international development report, country study, or academic paper dealing with development in the global South, and you are likely to find nations being represented as self-contained and natural economic entities.
Description: "By tracing out the intersection between the imagined space of the national economy and the gendered construction of "expert" knowledge in development thought, Suzanne Bergeron provides an analysis of development discourse and practice. By elaborating a framework of including/excluding economic subjects and activities in development economics, she provides an account of the role that economists have played in framing the contested political and cultural space of development." "Fragments of Development is essential reading for those interested in development studies, feminist economics, international political economy, and globalization studies."--BOOK JACKET.