Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-232) and index.
Contents:
1 Introduction; The challenges of development; Historiographical and conceptual considerations; Chapter outline; 2 Development in History: "Everyman's Road to Utopia?"; Defining and conceptualizing development; Debates about global inequalities, economic growth, and industrialization; Conclusion; 3 Forerunners of Development; Poverty, humanitarianism, and the civilizing mission; Perspectives on agriculture and rural life; Colonial development; Modernization projects; Conclusion; 4 The Emergence of Development in the Mid-Twentieth Century; Late colonial developmentAmerican views on global problems; New international organizations; The establishment of development studies; Conclusion; 5 Development in the Context of Decolonization and the Cold War; Postcolonial states and their development goals; Development models; The many faces of international development assistance; Relations between recipients and providers of aid; Conclusion; 6 Development Approaches and Practices in the Postwar Period; Community development; Agricultural development; Education for development; Public health and birth control; Conclusion; 7 Challenges to DevelopmentToward a new international economic order; Intellectual and political challenges to development; New development approaches; Conclusion; 8 The Disintegration of Development; Rights, markets, and sustainability; Poverty eradication, dead aid, and degrowth; Conclusion; 9 Conclusion and Outlook; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary:
International Development: A Postwar History offers the first concise historical overview of international development policies and practices in the 20th century. Embracing a longue duree 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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