Empire, Development & Colonialism: The Past in the Present - Couverture souple

Hewitt, Vernon

 
9781847010773: Empire, Development & Colonialism: The Past in the Present

Synopsis

The parallels between the language of nineteenth-century liberal imperialism and the humanitarian interventionism of the post-Cold War era are striking. The American military, both in Somalia in the early 1990s and in the aftermath the Iraq invasion, used ethnographic information compiled by British colonial administrators. Are these interconnections, which are capable of endless multiplication, accidental curiosities or more elemental?

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Revue de presse

There is enough quality in this volume to recommend this book to scholars and students interested in development theory and colonization and how both processes might be theorized as mutually constitutive. I have little doubt that the editors and contributors have set down a compelling research agenda that will be carried forward in future publications. --Economic History Review

A thought-provoking collection. (...) This is a valuable set of essays addressing contemporary issues with an eye on the past and revealing some insights into the antecedents of contemporary development rhetoric and techniques. --Political Studies Review

This volume adds to a recent debate that revisits the concepts and notions of development rooted in the 'civilising mission' during the colonial era. Hence it explores a hitherto largely ignored, or at least neglected link concerning the continuity of the 'colonial mind' in international relations of today. --New Routes

Biographie de l'auteur

MARK DUFFIELD is Professor of Development Politics at the University of Bristol; VERNON HEWITT is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bristol

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781847010117: Empire, Development & Colonialism: The Past in the Present

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1847010113 ISBN 13 :  9781847010117
Editeur : James Currey, 2009
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