Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization: Social Movements and Critical Perspectives

About the Author

Dip Kapoor is a professor in international development education at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is also a board member at the Center for Research and Development Solidarity (CRDS), an organisation in Odisha, India which advocates for peasant and Adivasi-Dalit communities. His previous books include NGOization (Zed 2013) as well as the edited collections Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization (Zed 2015) and Against Colonization and Rural Dispossession (Zed 2017).

Product Description

Development studies is in a state of flux. A new generation of scholars has come to reject what was once regarded as accepted wisdom, and increasingly regard development and globalization as part of a continuum with colonialism, premised on the same reductionist assumption that progress and growth are objective facts that can be fostered, measured, assessed and controlled. Drawing on a variety of theoretical perspectives and approaches, this book explores the ways in which social movements in the Global South are rejecting Western-centric notions of development and modernization, as well as creating their own alternatives.

By assessing development theories from the perspective of subaltern groups and movements, the contributors posit a new notion of development 'from below', one in which these movements provide new ways of imagining social transformation, and a way out of the 'developmental dead end' that has so far characterized post-development approaches. Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization therefore represents a radical break with the prevailing narrative of modernization, and points to a bold new direction for development studies.

Review

“This is an important book that tackles multiple issues around the meaning and nature of development.” ―Gender and Development

“Centres Indigenous critiques to inject new urgency into debates over development and globalization, as resurgent social movements question modernity itself.” ―Clare Land, author of Decolonizing Solidarity

“A moving and inspiring book which demands to be read.” ―Jim Crowther, University of Edinburgh

“This excellent volume discusses and debunks dominant discourses of "development" from a southern, subaltern and decolonising perspective. This is a much needed book – emancipatory in conception, grassroots-oriented, inspiring and revealing!” ―Peter Mayo, author of Politics of Indignation

“Offers a significant new perspective on the generation of alternative knowledges in local encounters of global processes.” ―Philip McMichael, Cornell University

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Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization


Social Movements and Critical Perspectives
By Dominique Caouette, Dip Kapoor Zed Books LtdCopyright © 2016 Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-78360-585-9


Contents
Acknowledgements,
1 Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization: Social Movements and Critical Perspectives Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor,
Part I: Indigenous and Peasant Movement Perspectives,
2 Subaltern Social Movements and Development in India: Rural Dispossession, Trans-local Activism and Subaltern Re-visitations Dip Kapoor,
3 Democratic Hopes, Neoliberal Transnational Government(re)ality: Grounded Social Movements and the Defence of Communal Natural Resources in Ghana Jonathan Langdon,
4 Indigenous Movement Politics in Bolivia: Forging New Citizens of a Plurinational and Decolonized State Stéphanie Rousseau,
Part II: Acting across Borders,
5 What Are Peasants Saying about Development? La Vía Campesina and Food Sovereignty Annette Aurélie Desmarais,
6 Debunking the Productivist Myth: Food Sovereignty Movements Eric G. Chaurette and Beatriz Oliver,
7 Neoliberal Immigration and Temporary Foreign Worker Programmes in a Time of Economic Crisis: Local/Global Struggles Aziz Choudry,
8 Working for a Day Off: Advocating the Rights of Migrant Women in Southeast Asia Michele Ford a