Questioning Modernity And Development
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Questioning Modernity And Development
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Author : Susanne Bygnes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Questioning Modernity And Development written by Susanne Bygnes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.
The population in Kerala, India is frequently displayed as more literate, more educated, healthier and less poverty struck than those of other Indian states. Women's high development scores are particularly often brought to the forefront when general information about Kerala is distributed. Kerala thus, might seem like a perfect display of social development, a success story for women's emancipation in an 'underdeveloped' part of the world. This book explores critical feminist voices questioning the results of modern emancipation and suggests the critique launched by feminists in Kerala to be relevant when re-examining gender equality in Scandinavia.
Ordinary Cities
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Author : Jennifer Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-04
Ordinary Cities written by Jennifer Robinson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with Architecture categories.
"With the urbanization of the world's population proceeding apace and the equally rapid urbanization of poverty, urban theory has an urgent challenge to meet if it is to remain relevant to the majority of cities and their populations most of which are outside the West. Ordinary Cities establishes a new framework for thinking about urban development across a longstanding divide in urban scholarship and also in the realm of urban policy, between Western and other kinds of cities, especially those labeled third world. The book will consider the two framing axes of urban modernity and urban development which have been important in dividing the field of urban studies between Western and other cities. Tracking paths across previously separate academic literatures and policy debates, the book attempts to trace the outlines of a cosmopolitan approach to cities. It draws on evidence from Rio, Johannesburg, Lusaka and Kuala Lumpur to ground the theoretical arguments and provide examples of policy approaches and urban development interventions. Ordinary Cities argues that if cities are to be imagined in equitable and creative ways, urban theory must overcome these axes of theorization with their Western bias. The resources for theorizing cities need to become at least as cosmopolitan as cities themselves, drawing inspiration from the diverse range of contexts and histories that shape cities everywhere."--Back cover
Directions Of Change
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Author : Mustafa O. Attir
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-01
Directions Of Change written by Mustafa O. Attir and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-01 with Social Science categories.
After a period of relative confidence about the future of modernizing societies, scholars are now questioning with renewed urgency the directions of the modernization trend. This book, the result of nearly a decade of collaborative efforts by scholars in twelve countries, examines the modernization process with particular attention to how it is affected by cultural–and especially socioeconomic–variables. The authors describe major theoretical approaches to the idea of modernity and point to the sociological issues interlinked with modernization. They also consider specific factors such as nationalism, ethnicity, and traditional institutions and show how they can determine differing modernization trajectories. The concluding section of the book focuses on nation- and culture-specific examples of modernization, presenting case studies that illustrate the range of modernization attempts. The authors also explore the extent to which modernization may in fact be a generalization of the American way of life.
The End Of Development
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Author : Trevor Parfitt
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Release Date : 2002-03-20
The End Of Development written by Trevor Parfitt and has been published by Pluto Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-20 with Business & Economics categories.
Parfitt (politics, American U. in Cairo) summarizes the contesting ideas in development studies and new social developments ideas. Drawing on postmodern theory to illustrate how forms of development can be complementary to emancipatory social movements and projects, he presents a model which incorporates the needs of peoples both North and South, arguing against the post-development school's call for the end of development, and in favor of solving problems within the context of a pro-development approach. Distributed by Stylus. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Modernity And Technology
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Author : Thomas J. Misa
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2003
Modernity And Technology written by Thomas J. Misa and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Science categories.
The book is divided into three parts.
Questions Of Modernity
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Author : Timothy Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2000
Questions Of Modernity written by Timothy Mitchell and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Social Science categories.
Modernity has always laid claim to universal certainty--which meant assigning a different and lesser significance to anything deemed purely local, non-Western, or lacking a universal expression. This book makes those very non-Western, non-universal elements the tools for fashioning a more complex, rigorous, and multifaceted understanding of how the modern comes about. Focusing on the making of modernity outside the West, eight leading anthropologists, historians, and political theorists explore the production of new forms of politics, sensibility, temporality, and selfhood in locations ranging from nineteenth-century Bengal to contemporary Morocco. Topics include the therapeutics of colonial medical practice, the multiple registers of popular film, television serials and their audiences, psychiatrists and their patients, the iconic figure of the young widow, and the emergence of new political forms beyond the grasp of civil society.
Fragments Of Development
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Author : Suzanne Bergeron
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2009-01-22
Fragments Of Development written by Suzanne Bergeron and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-22 with Business & Economics categories.
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 a provocative analysis of development discourse and practice. By elaborating a framework of including/excluding economic subjects and activities in development economics, she provides a rich account of the role that economists have played in framing the contested political and cultural space of development. Bergeron's account of the construction of the national economy as an object of development policy follows its shifting meanings through modernization and growth models, dependency theory, structural adjustment, and contemporary debates about globalization and highlights how intersections of nation and economy are based on gendered and colonial scripts. The author's analysis of development debates effectively demonstrates that critics of development who ignore economists' nation stories may actually bolster the formation they are attempting to subvert. Fragments of Development is essential reading for those interested in development studies, feminist economics, international political economy, and globalization studies.
Modernity And Secession
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Author : Michel Huysseune
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2006
Modernity And Secession written by Michel Huysseune and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
The author provides a new, systematic and interdisciplinary approach that reinterprets the premises behind Italy's imagined geography or modernity."--Jacket.
Conversations With Anthony Giddens
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Author : Anthony Giddens
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-06-06
Conversations With Anthony Giddens written by Anthony Giddens and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-06 with Social Science categories.
Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important Englishsocial philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and evenmore books, he has established himself as the most widely-read andwidely-cited social theorist of his generation. His ideas haveprofoundly influenced the writing and teaching of sociology andsocial theory throughout the English-speaking world. In recentyears, his writing has become much more explicitly political, andin 1996 he took up his high-profile appointment as Director of theLondon School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this newposition and with these new political ideas that he has beendescribed as the key intellectual figure of New Labour in Britain.Following the astonishing success of Labour in the 1997 GeneralElection, his ideas have been the focus of intense interest. In this series of extended interviews with Chris Pierson, Giddenslays out with customary clarity and directness the principal themesin the development of his social theory and the distinctivepolitical agenda which he recommends. This volume will be of great interest to second- and third-yearstudents in sociology and social theory, politics and politicaltheory, as well as to the general reader.
Global Modernization
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Author : Alberto Martinelli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Global Modernization written by Alberto Martinelli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Civilization, Modern categories.
This text provides a new approach to examining questions of modernization and modernity. It overhauls existing theories and concepts and applies them to the new social and economic conditions that define our age.