Development Discourse and Global History From colonialism to the sustainable development goals

• Main Author: Ziai, Aram
• Format: eBook Book Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 2016; Taylor and Francis; No Funder Information Available; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
• Subjects: African History; appropriation; Buen Vivir; Business & Economics; contestation; Degrowth; Derrida; Developing & Emerging Countries; Development; Development economics; Development economics > Philosophy; Development economics and emerging economies; Development Geography; Development studies; Development Theory; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Economic development; Economic development > Philosophy; Economics; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Entwicklung; Entwicklungstheorie; Environmental Policy; Environmental policy and protocols; Ethnicity; Foucault; Global Development; heterogeneity; Human Rights; Imperial & Colonial History; Interdisciplinary studies; International History; International Relations; Language and Culture; Language and Identity; Language and Race; MDGs; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; participation; Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Political Science; post-development; poststructuralist; power; Public Policy; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Saussure; Social Science; Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Postmodernism; sustainability; Sustainable Development; Sustainable development > Philosophy; The environment; Ubuntu; World; Tactical Polyvalence; Amartya Sen’s Development; International Development Association; Illicit Capital Flows; Narmada Valley Project; Better Life; Hirakud Dam; SDG; Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis; UN; Post-Development School; Enunciative Modalities; WDR; Sardar Sarovar Dam; EU’s Border Regime; World Development Report; North South Relations; Buen Vivir; Aid Virus; Authoritarian Implications; Industrialised Capitalist Countries; SDG Success; Development Discourse; IMF Director; Small Enterprise Promotion
• ISBN: 9781138803251; 1138803251; 9781138735132; 1138735132; 1315753782; 9781315753782; 9781317622154; 1317622154
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315753782

The manner in which people have been talking and writing about ‘development’ and the rules according to which they have done so have evolved over time. Development Discourse and Global History uses the archaeological and genealogical methods of Michel Foucault to trace the origins of development discourse back to late colonialism and notes the significant discontinuities that led to the establishment of a new discourse and its accompanying industry. This book goes on to describe the contestations, appropriations and transformations of the concept. It shows how some of the trends in development discourse since the crisis of the 1980s – the emphasis on participation and ownership, sustainable development and free markets – are incompatible with the original rules and thus lead to serious contradictions. The Eurocentric, authoritarian and depoliticizing elements in development discourse are uncovered, whilst still recognizing its progressive appropriations. The author concludes by analysing the old and new features of development discourse which can be found in the debate on Sustainable Development Goals and discussing the contribution of discourse analysis to development studies. This book is aimed at researchers and students in development studies, global history and discourse analysis as well as an interdisciplinary audience from international relations, political science, sociology, geography, anthropology, language and literary studies.