1. The Evolution of the Post-Development Theory
... for, or against, post-development. Ziai expertly delivers an overview of the post-development movement, having arisen in the 1980s as a response to the dissatisfaction with the concept and practice of "development" already in place. Ziai more or less defines this movement as placing an emphasis on alternatives to development via grassroots, local and regional movements. Alongside support ... denounce post-development theory as anti-development are misled. What post-development attempts to accomplish is not necessarily giving up on development, per se, but "to imagine and practice develo...
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