Encountering development : the making and unmaking of the Third World /

"Evaluates development enterprise and development discourse from a critical theory perspective. This view of development policies and control mechanisms employs Colombian case studies of the Programa de Desarrollo Rural Integrado and of the local application of the discourse of women in develop...

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Main Author: Escobar, Arturo, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1995.
Series:Princeton studies in culture/power/history
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Summary:"Evaluates development enterprise and development discourse from a critical theory perspective. This view of development policies and control mechanisms employs Colombian case studies of the Programa de Desarrollo Rural Integrado and of the local application of the discourse of women in development"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Physical Description:ix, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-274) and index.
ISBN:0691034095 (cl : acid-free paper) :
0691001022 (pbk. : acid-free paper) :