Global development a Cold War history
In the Cold War, "development" was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press
[2019]
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| Colección: | America in the world ;
38. Princeton scholarship online. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623531106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. Development as an Ideology for Empire
- 2. Truman's Dream
- 3. Socialist Modernity and the Birth of the Third World
- 4. Western Alternatives for Development in the Global Cold War
- 5. The Limits of Bipolarity in the Golden Age of Modernization
- 6. International Organizations and Development as a Global Mission
- 7. Multiple Modernities and Socialist Alternatives in the 1970s
- 8. Resources, Environment, and Development
- 9. Responding to the Challenges from the Global South
- 10. The Dynamics of the Lost Decade
- Conclusions.
