Rethinking development geographies
By: Marcus Power.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Economic geography.; Economic development.; Globalization.; Economic history.; Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Illuminating the dark side of development; title: Geographers and the 'Tropics'; title: Development thinking : where is the magical 'Kingdom of abundance'?; title: Thirdworldism and the imagination of global development; title: Post-colonial geographies of development; title: Globalisation, government and power; title: The dissemination of development; title: 'Theorising back' : views from the South and the globalisation of resistance; title: Conclusions : resisting the temptations of remedies, mirages and fairy-tales.