The Development DictionaryA Guide to Knowledge as Power\nAuthor(s): Wolfgang Sachs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350359840, 978-1350359840\nSynopsis\nThe original critical guide to key concepts in development studies from some of the world's most eminent critical development scholars and practitioners.\n\nEach essay in this now classic collection examines one key development concept, from the environment to needs and progress to production. Each concept is reviewed from a historical and anthropological point of view, with particular bias and intellectual flaws being highlighted. Overall, the authors argue that we must bid farewell to the whole idea of Eurocentric development in order to liberate peoples minds in both North and South and to mobilize for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity.\n\nThe result is an indispensable resource for scholars, practi.