Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development
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Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development

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  2. English
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Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development

About this book

Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development is a comprehensive revision of Postcolonialism and Development (2009) that explains, reviews and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. By outlining contemporary theoretical debates and examining their implications for how the developing world is thought about, written about and engaged with in policy terms, this book unpacks the difficult, complex and important aspects of the relationships between postcolonial theory, decoloniality and development studies.

The book focuses on the importance of development discourses, the relationship between development knowledge and power, and agency within development. It includes significant new material exploring the significance of postcolonial approaches to understanding development in the context of rapid global change and the dissonances and interconnections between postcolonial theory and decolonial politics. It includes a new chapter on postcolonial theory, development and the Anthropocene that considers the challenges posed by the current global environmental crisis to both postcolonial theory and ideas of development. The book sets out an original and timely agenda for exploring the intersections between postcolonialism, decolonialism and development and provides an outline for a coherent and reinvigorated project of postcolonial development studies.

Engaging with new and emerging debates in the fields of postcolonialism and development, and illustrating these through current issues, the book continues to set agendas for diverse scholars working in the fields of development studies, geography, anthropology, politics, cultural studies and history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. List of Boxes
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. Copyright acknowledgements
  13. Abbreviations and acronyms
  14. 1 Introduction
  15. 2 Histories and geographies of postcolonialism
  16. 3 A postcolonial history of development
  17. 4 Discourses of development and the power of representation
  18. 5 Critiquing development knowledge and power
  19. 6 Agency in development
  20. 7 Towards a postcolonial development agenda
  21. 8 Beyond development and decolonizing life in the 'Anthropocene'?
  22. 9 Conclusions
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index