Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow: exploring the multi-dimensional discourses on 'development'
Auteur :
Andrews, Nathan
ISBN :
9781443841849
Date de publication :
1 déc. 2012
Dimensions :
21,2 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
535 g
Format :
With dust jacket
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
From a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary standpoint, this book challenges the teleological and unidirectional notions of development embodied in the idea of modernisation or 'progress' and offers a critique of the tendency to consider Africa as a basket case, which often gives the Western 'self' an undeserving privilege and superiority over t