The myth of development : non-viable economies of the 21st century
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The myth of development : non-viable economies of the 21st century
(Global issues)
Zed Books, 2001
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- : Zed Books, pbk
- : South-East Asia, pbk
- : Canada, pbk
- : Southern Africa, pbk
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Bibliography: p. 195-199
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: Southern Africa, pbk ISBN 9780864864949
Description
The message of this courageous book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past fifty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to. The necessary investment is not available and modern technology actually dispenses with labour rather than providing jobs for the growing multitudes in cities in the South.
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: Zed Books ISBN 9781856499484
Description
Face reality. Think the unthinkable. Be intellectually honest and politically realistic about what is happening to the overwhelming majority of people in Third World countries. With a very few exceptions, development has not come. Nor is it going to. The necessary investment cannot take the strain. Instead we already see states collapsing into "ungovernable chaotic entities" under the control of warlords, drug traffickers, and mafias. State-driven, communist and neo-liberal development models have all failed most of the people all the time. Most countries are not in the process of becoming Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs), but Non-viable National Economies (NNEs). What then is to be done? The wealth of nations agenda must be replaced by a survival of nations agenda. To prevent increasing disorders, many countries will have to abandon dreams of development and adopt instead a policy of national survival based on the research for water, food and energy security and the stabilisation of their populations.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The twilight of the nation-state: quasi nation-states
- perforated sovereignties
- powerless powers
- vicarious power. Part 2 Global empowerment and national impoverishment: the new global aristocracy
- the supranational clergy
- the international third estate. Part 3 International Darwinism: from Adam Smith to Charles Darwin
- the global jungle
- adjustment without modernisation
- de-proletarisation
- de-materialisation. Part 4 The search for El Dorado: thinking the unthinkable
- Non-viable National Economies (NNEs)
- non-development. Part 5 Worldwide depredation: treatment as a different species
- Ungovernable Chaotic Entities (UCEs)
- pacification and intensive care. Part 6 Survival: the decisive factors
- the pact for survival.
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: Zed Books, pbk ISBN 9781856499491
Description
Face reality. Be honest about what is happening to the majority of people in Third World countries. The message of this courageous book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past fifty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to. The necessary investment is not available and modern technology actually dispenses with labour rather than providing jobs for the growing multitudes in the cities of the South.
Many countries, and large parts of their cities in particular, are already collapsing into 'ungovernable chaotic entities' under the control of warlords and mafias. State-driven and market-led development models have both failed. Many countries are mistakenly called 'developing' -- they would, in fact, be better described as 'non-viable national economies' (NNEs).
What is to be done? The 'wealth of nations' agenda must be replaced by a 'survival of nations' agenda. In order to prevent increasing human misery and political disorder, many countries must abandon dreams of development and adopt instead a policy of national survival based on providing basic water, food and energy, and stabilizing their populations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1: The Twilight of the Nation-State
2: Global Empowerment and National Impoverishment
3: International Darwinism
4: The Search for El Dorado
5: Worldwide Depredation
6: Survival
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"