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" Beyond developmentality : "
Debal Deb.
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BL
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963431
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b717801
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Deb, Debal.
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Beyond developmentality : : constructing inclusive freedom and sustainability /\ Debal Deb.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Sterling, VA :: Earthscan,, 2009.
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1 online resource (xxiii, 583 pages) :: illustrations
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184407711X
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: 1844077128
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: 1849770549
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: 6000015208
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: 9781844077113
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: 9781844077120
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: 9781849770545
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: 9786000015206
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-567) and indexes.
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| Contents
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The doctrine of development -- Myths and misconceptions -- Propagating profligacy -- Fantasies and falsities -- Arguments for alternatives -- Search for sustainability -- Consilience and change -- Superstructural superpositions -- Inferences and implications.
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History tells us that industrial development with all of its pollution, inequity and exploitation is the inevitable destiny of human societies. Yet is this really the case or are we trapped in a prevailing 'develop-mentality' that demands an endless cycle of inputs, outputs, consumption and waste on a finite planet? And is there another, better way for humans and the biosphere?This incisive, epic work turns the dominant industrial development model and its economics upside down and argues for a new way of thinking about the meaning of development and the complexion of our economy. The book tra.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Sustainable development-- History.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Sustainable Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Sustainable development.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.9/27
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HC79.E5D423 2009eb
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