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The new development management : critiquing the dual modernization /

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'Development management' is an idea that blends the seemingly innocuous claims of managerialism with notions of modernity and utopian ideals of 'third world' progress. This book views both phenomena as problematic and modernizing interventions. In doing so, it overturns and recla...

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Other Authors: Cooke, Bill, 1957-, Dar, Sadhvi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, England : Zed Books, 2008.
Subjects:
Economic development projects > Management.
Non-governmental organizations.
Development studies
Business & management
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Development management' is an idea that blends the seemingly innocuous claims of managerialism with notions of modernity and utopian ideals of 'third world' progress. This book views both phenomena as problematic and modernizing interventions. In doing so, it overturns and reclaims such ideas as participation, community, governance, NGOs, and civil society.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 238 pages).
Also published in printing.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-230) and index.
ISBN:9781350223325
DOI:10.5040/9781350223325
Access:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.