Description |
1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Section 1. Theorising the economic -- section 2. Postcolonial understandings of the economic -- section 3. Postcolonial economies : policy and practice. |
Summary |
Despite the growing academic and political urgency in understanding how 'other' cultures encounter 'the West', economics has been slow to engage with the ideas and challenges posed by postcolonial critiques. In turn, postcolonial approaches have been criticised for their simplistic treatment of the economic and for not engaging with existing economic analyses of poverty and wealth creation. Utilising examples drawn from India to Latin America, and bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, including Geography, Economics, Development Studies, History and Women's Studies, Postcoloni. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Economic geography.
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Postcolonialism -- Economic aspects.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Development economics & emerging economies. |
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Development studies. |
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National liberation & independence, post-colonialism. |
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Human geography. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. |
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Economic geography. |
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Globalization -- Economic aspects. |
Added Author |
Pollard, Jane.
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McEwan, Cheryl.
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Hughes, Alex.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Postcolonial economies. London ; New York : Zed Books Ltd, 2011 1848134053 (OCoLC)681872582 |
ISBN |
9781848134065 (electronic bk.) |
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1848134061 (electronic bk.) |
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9781780321349 |
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1780321341 |
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1848134053 |
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9781848134058 |
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1848134045 |
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9781848134041 |
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