ABSTRACT

Tackling issues surrounding post-development which is arguably one of the most significant debates in the field of north-south relations at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Contributors explore the possibilities and limitations of post-development theory and practice drawing on empirical studies of movements and communities in several continents.

part |31 pages

Introduction

chapter |15 pages

Development discourse and its critics

An introduction to post-development

part |47 pages

Theory

chapter |12 pages

Development

The devil we know? 1

chapter |17 pages

On the singular name of post-development

Serge Latouche's Destruktion of development and the possibility of emancipation

part |48 pages

Problems

chapter |12 pages

Post-development and further

Difference from ‘inside' and autonomy

chapter |18 pages

The ambivalence of post-development

Between reactionary populism and radical democracy

part |65 pages

Practice

chapter |14 pages

What, then, should we do?

Insights and experiences of a Senegalese NGO 1

chapter |18 pages

Surplus possibilities

Post-development and community economies

chapter |18 pages

Plachimada resistance

A post-development social movement metaphor?

chapter |13 pages

Comida

A narrative mirror for the universal concept of nutrition

part |40 pages

Perspectives

chapter |15 pages

Post-development

Unveiling clues for a possible future

chapter |14 pages

Development, internationalism and social movements

A view from the North

chapter |9 pages

Concluding the exploration

Post-development reconsidered