| Dislocation and Resettlement in Development: From Third World to the World of the Third Contributor(s): Chakrabarti, Anjan (Author), Dhar, Anup Kumar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415502071 ISBN-13: 9780415502078 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 325 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Challenging the more conventional approaches to dislocation and resettlement that are the usual focus of discussion on the topic, this book offers a unique theory of dislocation in the form of primitive accumulation. Interrogating the 'reformist-managerial' and 'radical-movementist' approaches, it historicizes and politicizes the event of dislocation as a moment to usher in capitalism through the medium of development. Such a framework offers alternative avenues to rethinking dislocation and resettlement, and indeed the very idea of development. Arguing that dislocation should not be seen as a necessary step towards achieving progress - as it is claimed in the development discourse - the authors show that dislocation emerges as a socio-political constituent of constructing capitalism. This book will be of interest to academics working on Development Studies, especially on issues relating to the political economy of development and globalization. |