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| Authors: |
Richard B. Norgaard |
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Business & Economics · Political Science · Science |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge (March 01, 1994)
Measurements: 9.25"(h) x 6.5"(w) x 1"(d), 1.05 lbs.
ISBN: 9780415068628 |
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<P><b></b><b><i>Development Betrayed</i></b> provides a lively and powerful critique of the ideas behind modern development. Richard B. Norgaard shows how development, rooted in the firm commitment to progress, has been betrayed by the major tenets of modernity: the control of nature through science, material abundance through technology, and effective government through rational and social organization. Arguing that these premises have led to environmental destruction and cultural implosion, Norgaard outlines a potent, co-evolutionary alternative.<br><br> The book addresses contemporary concerns for the sustainability of development, the rejection of the inevitability of progress, and the process of reculturization in the midst of global communication and economic interdependence. Norgaard argues that we must view development as a coevolution between cultural and ecological systems. His approach emphasizes the unpredictability of change and explains how values, knowledge, social organization and technology |
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