Postdevelopment, Professionalism, and the Politics of Participation
Annals of the Association of American GeographersPublished 16 November 2007
Katharine McKinnon
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Development is a project of hope, guided by the aspiration for greater social justice and emancipation of the poor and disadvantaged in the world. Over the past decade postdevelopment critics have argued that this project of hope has failed, and, instead
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