... providing actual alternatives and remain in the realm of critique, which does nothing to actually change the current status quo of development. Moreover, by focusing on the local and community level and putting this ideal on a pedestal, post-development can result in the unintended consequence of reification of the local community, presenting a narrow view of globalization. In this chapter ... not come from a unidirectional path. Ultimately, the discourse on post-development continues and the aim of post-development does not preclude the involvement on a more local and regional level in t...

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... for their own successes and failures.16 Actors external to the system under consideration may contribute to its success but cannot be blamed for its failure. Much of the development strategy and aid that flowed from the developed to the developing countries in the postcolonial period were influenced by these assumptions. Foreign aid as a source of modernization has been replaced ... and operations are vastly different. This system is based on a network of interdependent financial institutions, markets, technologies, peoples, ideas, and cultures, although the playing field is far from b...

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