Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11707
Title: Supporting the Posts in Development Discourse: Under-development, Over-development, Post-development
Contributor(s): Bennett, Cary  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2012
DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12005
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11707
Abstract: This article seeks to introduce scholars outside of development studies to post-development thought, and to restate its relevance and value to those working within the development field. It begins with an overview of post-development thought and its critique of the post-World War Two development project. Following this, specific critiques levelled at post-development thought and various responses to these are considered. In the last section, the possibility or desirability of raising the living standards of Third World people to a level comparable to those of the First World through economically based development strategies is questioned. The article concludes by drawing attention to First World overdevelopment and the continued value of post-development thinking in unsettling the development trajectory for either the First or Third World.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Sociology Compass, 6(12), p. 974-986
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1751-9020
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 160802 Environmental Sociology
160609 Political Theory and Political Philosophy
160806 Social Theory
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 441002 Environmental sociology
440811 Political theory and political philosophy
441005 Social theory
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960609 Sustainability Indicators
970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
910103 Economic Growth
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 150203 Economic growth
190209 Sustainability indicators
280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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