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Development Betrayed
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Author : Richard B Norgaard
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-05-18
Development Betrayed written by Richard B Norgaard and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-18 with Business & Economics categories.
Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap between modernity's aspirations and its achievements? Development Betrayed offers a powerful answer to this question. Development with its unshakeable commitment to the idea of progress, is rooted in modernism and has been betrayed by each of its major tenets. Attempts to control nature have led to the brink of environmental catastrophe. Western technologies have proved inappropriate for the needs of the South, and governments are unable to respond effectively to the crises that have resulted. Offering a thorough and lively critiques of the ideas behind development, Richard Norgaard also offers an alternative co-evolutionary paradigm, in which development is portrayed as a co-evolution between cultural and ecological systems. Rather than a future with all peoples merging to one best way of knowing and doing things, he envisions a future of a patchwork quilt of cultures with real possibilities for harmony.
Development Betrayed
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Author : Richard B. Norgaard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Development Betrayed written by Richard B. Norgaard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Economic development categories.
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Development Betrayed
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Author : Richard B Norgaard
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-05-18
Development Betrayed written by Richard B Norgaard and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-18 with Business & Economics categories.
Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap between modernity's aspirations and its achievements? Development Betrayed offers a powerful answer to this question. Development with its unshakeable commitment to the idea of progress, is rooted in modernism and has been betrayed by each of its major tenets. Attempts to control nature have led to the brink of environmental catastrophe. Western technologies have proved inappropriate for the needs of the South, and governments are unable to respond effectively to the crises that have resulted. Offering a thorough and lively critiques of the ideas behind development, Richard Norgaard also offers an alternative co-evolutionary paradigm, in which development is portrayed as a co-evolution between cultural and ecological systems. Rather than a future with all peoples merging to one best way of knowing and doing things, he envisions a future of a patchwork quilt of cultures with real possibilities for harmony.
Indonesia Betrayed
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Author : Elizabeth Fuller Collins
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2007-07-31
Indonesia Betrayed written by Elizabeth Fuller Collins and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-31 with Social Science categories.
Supporters of neoliberalism claim that free markets lead to economic growth, the creation of a middle class, and the establishment of democratically accountable governments. Critics point to a widening gap between rich and poor as countries compete to win foreign investment, and to the effects on the poor of neoliberal programs that restrict funding for health, education, and welfare. This book offers a ground-level view from Sumatra of the realities behind these debates during the final years of Suharto’s New Order and the beginning of a transition to more democratic government. The author’s wealth of primary data from ten years of interviews and local newspaper reportage (1994–2004) shows how farmers and laborers were dispossessed by both government policies and crony capitalism. Elizabeth Collins relates the stories of populist efforts in South Sumatra to combat "development" policies responsible for producing extreme poverty and allowing corruption to flourish. She describes how student-led NGOs worked with farmers fighting to retain their livelihoods in the lowland forests of South Sumatra. She reports on a local branch of the Indonesian Environmental Forum as it battled multinational companies and Indonesian conglomerates responsible for damage to the environment; on contract workers protesting exploitation by a company with ties to a Suharto crony; and on systemic corruption under the New Order, which spread throughout all levels of government and into civil society organizations. She examines the sometimes strained relationships between Islamists and human-rights activists, arguing that there is no inherent contradiction between Islam and democratic politics. Collins concludes that for real change to occur, neoliberal capitalism must be recognized as a utopian ideology; democracy, imperfect as it is, offers the best hope for sustainable development in Indonesia.
Betrayed
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Author : S. Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-26
Betrayed written by S. Kaplan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with Business & Economics categories.
Betrayed takes a new approach to the subject of global poverty, one that doesn't blame the West but also doesn't rely on the West for solutions. Betrayed puts the poor themselves at center stage, and shows how their entrepreneurial energies are shackled by political and social discrimination. When these shackles are removed, as is happening in places such as China and Vietnam, the poor are able to seize opportunities and drive wealth creation. Combining the latest research into poverty and state building with the author's personal observations drawn from years running businesses in the developing world, Betrayed explains how leaders in the developing world can build more inclusive societies and more equitable governments, thereby creating dynamic national economies and giving the poor the opportunity to accumulate the means and skills to control their own destinies. This refreshing new approach will appeal to business people who are fed up with reading critiques of global poverty that see capitalism as the problem, not the solution; people in both the global North and South who want to see attention focused not on Western aid but on what developing countries and their citizens can do to help themselves; scholars and practitioners in the development field who are looking for new, practicable ideas; and general readers who want accessible and engaging accounts of ordinary people struggling to overcome poverty.
Promises Not Kept
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Author : John Isbister
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Promises Not Kept written by John Isbister and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Business & Economics categories.
Isbister (economics, U. of California-Santa Cruz) draws from political theory, economics, and history to describe the forces and structures responsible for poverty in the Third World. He outlines the various paths taken by developing nations, and evaluates their successes and disappointments. Chapters consider nationalism and independence, economic development and underdevelopment, the impacts of American foreign policy, and prospects for the future. c. Book News Inc.
Promises Not Kept
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Author : John Isbister
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Promises Not Kept written by John Isbister and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Developing countries categories.
The 6th edition of this accessible introductory text - the first to be published by Palgrave Macmillan - has been revised throughout to take account of the new American hegemony and war on terrorism of the early 21st century. Presenting a wide range of up to date facts and figures it provides a full current and historical account of Third World development and the dilemmas of international poverty.
The Peasant Betrayed
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Author : John H. Powelson
language : en
Publisher: Cato Institute
Release Date : 1990-07-01
The Peasant Betrayed written by John H. Powelson and has been published by Cato Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-07-01 with Political Science categories.
After studying land reform in 16 countries and offering illustrative examples from 11 more, Powelson and Stock conclude that government land reforms generally harm the rural poor more than help them. Detailing case after case in which government intervention has impoverished the peasant, the authors find only a few cases in which the government has made the peasant better off. In contrast, they show that in Third World countries where the state has left farming to the farmer, agricultural output has soared, famine has been overcome, and the welfare of the peasant has vastly improved.
Pulling Against Gravity
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Author : Donald J. Savoie
language : en
Publisher: IRPP
Release Date : 2001
Pulling Against Gravity written by Donald J. Savoie and has been published by IRPP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Business & Economics categories.
An objective look at the New Brunwisck of 1987, when Frank McKenna became premier, and the New Brunswick of 1997. Compares its economic performance with that of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Manitoba to determine whether McKenna's reforms had a positive impact on the province's economy.
Seduced And Betrayed
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Author : Milford Bateman
language : en
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Release Date : 2017-05-01
Seduced And Betrayed written by Milford Bateman and has been published by University of New Mexico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Microfinance began as the disbursement of tiny loans to the poor, which they could use to undertake informal income-generating activities. It went on to become one of the most popular international development policies of all time and a mainstay of local development and antipoverty programs across the Global South. The contributors to this multidisciplinary volume consider the origins, evolution, and outcomes of microfinance from a variety of perspectives and contend that it has been an unsuccessful approach to development. The contributors contend that over the last twenty years, microfinance policies have exacerbated poverty and exclusion, undermined gender empowerment, underpinned a massive growth in inequality, destroyed solidarity and trust in the community, and, overall, manifestly weakened those local economies of the Global South where it reached critical mass. They use qualitative anthropological, economic, and political-economic research to unpack the ideas and values that have allowed microfinance to “seduce” the world and blind so many to its corrosive effects.