Life after Violence A People's Story of Burundi

Name: Life after Violence A People's Story of Burundi
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ISBN: 9781848131804

ISBN-10: 1848131801

ISBN-13: 9781848131804

Edition: 2008

Authors: Peter Uvin

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Burundi recently emerged from 12 years of devastating civil war. In this book, farmers, artisans, traders, mothers, soldiers & students talk about the past, the future, war & peace, their hopes for a better life & their relationships with each other & the state.

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Publication date: 12/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550



Preface to the Third Edition


Introduction


Definitions of Development


Metamorphoses of a Western Myth


The Making of a World System


The Invention of Development


The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root


Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy


The Periphery and the Understanding of History


Self-Reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for the Future


The Triumph of Third Worldism


The Environment, or the New Nature of 'Development'


A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments


The Postmodern Illusion: Globalization as a Simulacrum of 'Development'


The Fight against Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals


Post-Development: Decroissance and the Changing Economic Paradigm


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index