International Development
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International Development

A Postwar History

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International Development

A Postwar History

About this book

International Development: A Postwar History offers the first concise historical overview of international development policies and practices in the 20th century. Embracing a longue durée perspective, the book describes the emergence of the development field at the intersection of late colonialism, the Second World War, the onset of decolonization, and the Cold War. It discusses the role of international organizations, colonial administrations, national governments, and transnational actors in the making of the field, and it analyzes how the political, intellectual, and economic changes over the course of the postwar period affected the understanding of and expectations toward development. By drawing on examples of development projects in different parts of the world and in different fields, Corinna R. Unger shows how the plurality of development experiences shaped the notion of development as we know it today. This book is ideal for scholars seeking to understand the history of development assistance and to gain new insight into the international history of the 20th century.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781472576293
eBook ISBN
9781472576316
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
20th Century History
Index
History
DECOLONIZATION 
AND 
THE 
COLD 
WAR
101
effectively 
contributed 
to 
the 
internationalization 
of 
politics. 
As 
multilateral 
assistance 
gained 
in 
scope, 
international 
organizations 
claimed 
an 
increasingly 
influential 
position 
in 
global 
governance 
issues, 
and 
the 
foreign 
policy 
interests 
of 
different 
nation 
states 
became 
increasingly 
entangled 
and 
institutionalized 
in 
new 
bodies 
like 
the 
Development 
Assistance 
Committee 
and 
the 
multilateral 
development 
consortia.
From 
the 
point 
of 
view 
of 
the 
so-called 
developing 
countries, 
the 
growing 
popularity 
of 
development 
aid 
in 
the 
international 
arena 
presented 
opportunities 
as 
well 
as 
dangers. 
The 
opportunities 
were 
obvious: 
immense 
technical 
and 
financial 
resources 
were 
becoming 
available 
through 
international 
assistance, 
allowing 
the 
countries 
suffering 
from 
low 
levels 
of 
productivity 
and 
income 
to 
envision 
ambitious 
development 
projects. 
Due 
to 
the 
Cold 
War, 
the 
ratio 
between 
demand 
and 
supply 
was 
in 
favor 
of 
the 
potential 
recipients 
of 
aid, 
and 
many 
of 
them 
proved 
to 
be 
skilled 
at 
playing 
the 
two 
sides 
against 
each 
other 
in 
securing 
access 
to 
the 
resources 
they 
needed. 
Yet 
the 
aid 
game 
carried 
risks 
because 
the 
geopolitical 
constellations 
that 
characterized 
the 
Cold 
War 
could 
change 
rapidly. 
Also, 
the 
strategic 
use 
of 
assistance 
could 
create 
new 
dependencies, 
which 
the 
former 
colonies 
had 
wanted 
to 
discard 
urgently 
but 
often 
found 
themselves 
caught 
in 
again.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1 Introduction
  6. 2 Development in History: “Everyman’s Road to Utopia?”
  7. 3 Forerunners of Development
  8. 4 The Emergence of Development in the Mid-Twentieth Century
  9. 5 Development in the Context of Decolonization and the Cold War
  10. 6 Development Approaches and Practices in the Postwar Period
  11. 7 Challenges to Development
  12. 8 The Disintegration of Development
  13. 9 Conclusion and Outlook
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index