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Matthews, Sally:
Moving from postcolonial critiques of development towards alternatives to development in Africa.
In: López-Castellano, Fernando ; Lizárraga, Carmen ; Manzanera-Ruiz, Roser
(Hrsg.):
Neoliberalism and Unequal Development : Alternatives and Transitions in Europe, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. -
London
: Routledge
,
2022
. - S. 175-191
ISBN 978-1-003-15330-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003153306-15
Abstract
This chapter explores postcolonial and post-development critiques of development, with a particular focus on their relevance to Africa. It argues that there has been significant disillusionment with development throughout the developing world, but that there has been relatively little African-focused contribution to discussions contesting the idea of development. The chapter discusses some of the implications of these contestations for Africa with the view to reflecting on possible alternatives to development. By the 1990s, several commentators had observed that there was an ``impasse'' in development studies. Post-development thinkers believe that development has failed and that it will inevitably fail. A further critique of post-development theory is that it is an unwitting ally to the neoliberal approaches that were prominent when post-development theory emerged. Post-development and other postcolonial critiques of development have been articulated and interrogated for several decades now.
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| Publikationsform: | Aufsatz in einem Buch |
|---|---|
| Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Research Networks > African Studies Forschungseinrichtungen > Sonderforschungsbereiche, Forschergruppen > EXC 2052 - Africa Multiple: Afrikastudien neu gestalten |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Nein |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 960 Geschichte Afrikas |
| Eingestellt am: | 09 Nov 2026 13:07 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 09 Nov 2026 13:09 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/99892 |