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Encountering development

the making and unmaking of the Third World

By Escobar, Arturo

Bibliographic details

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.

Subjects

Economic development., Economic history, Developing countries