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Abstract
Post-colonial European politics have undergone profound changes. Constructing an intellectual history of European development discourse, this book brings together post-structuralist and critical approaches to understanding development.
Nathalie Karagiannis analyses three key terms of European development discourse: 'responsibility', 'efficiency' and 'giving'. Situating these terms in a concrete history of European post-colonial politics, the author shows how European policy has shifted from accepting responsibility for colonialism - constructed as it is on the paternalistic model of the gift - to a more amnesiac politics in which post-colonial countries are responsible for their own fate.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | vi | ||
| Acknowledgements | ix | ||
| 1 Europe and Development Revisited | 1 | ||
| 2 Out of America | 23 | ||
| 3 The Failed Myth of Development | 46 | ||
| 4 The Vocation of Responsibility | 64 | ||
| 5 The Passion of Efficiency | 85 | ||
| 6 Pandora's Box: Giving Development | 105 | ||
| 7 Europe's Quest | 129 | ||
| Notes | 142 | ||
| Index | 186 |