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Discourses of postmodern epistemology: radical impetus lost?

Müller, Martin - In: Progress in Development Studies 6 (2006) 4, pp. 306-320

of postmodernism: an exclusivist discourse, which reinforces the chasm by isolating postmodernism, and an inclusivist … discourse, which fosters mutual engagement between modernism and postmodernism. I contrast the trajectory of this inclusivist … discourse in development studies to the hegemony of an exclusivist discourse in geography and find the preponderance of an …

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The concept of poverty

Misturelli, Federica; Heffernan, Claire - In: Progress in Development Studies 10 (2010) 1, pp. 35-58

Poverty is often presented as an evolving concept linked to dominant development paradigms. However, changes in the meaning of specific topics comprising definitions of poverty have been largely overlooked. Therefore, the authors adopted a synchronic approach to evaluate changes contained within...

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The information and financial power of the World Bank

Das, Tara - In: Progress in Development Studies 9 (2009) 3, pp. 209-224

Like military might and financial resources â€“ the conventional forms of political influence â€“ information is an important source of influence in international relations. International organisations disseminate vast amounts of information, which shape how social problems are...

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Discourses on peace and development

Hettne, Björn - In: Progress in Development Studies 1 (2001) 1, pp. 21-36

Assuming a close relationship between peace and development, this paper analyses a succession of schools of thought in development forming part of three distinct, historically contextualized development and security discourses: the industrialization imperative in the emerging state-system in...

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Postcolonialism, feminism and development: intersections and dilemmas

McEwan, Cheryl - In: Progress in Development Studies 1 (2001) 2, pp. 93-111

In recent years, postcolonial and feminist theories have had enormous consequences for how development is conceptualized. In light of this, the present paper explores the intersections between postcolonialism, feminism and development. It does so by, first, reviewing the primary issues...

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