Fragments of Development

Nation, Gender, and the Space of Modernity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19948432
AutoresSuzanne Bergeron (0000-0002-1597-0339, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Páginas198
Fecha de publicación2004-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaFragments of Development (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity of Michigan Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3998/mpub.17535
OpenAlexW2269327753
Open LibraryOL7632531M
ISBN9780472031412
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDiEY_DwAAQBAJ
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23

"A bold and challenging consideration of questions of development, economic globalization, communities and subjectivity from a unique feminist perspective. A must-read book for those who wish to understand restructuring and resistance in this era of intensified globalization." ---Isabella C. Bakker, York University "Bergeron's pathbreaking analysis challenges orthodox development theories, questions current feminist economic thinking and highlights crucial new gendered challenges to globalization." ---Jane Parpart, Dalhousie University "Cutting-edge scholarship. Bergeron deftly engages the complexity of current debates while retaining clarity, improving analyses, and illuminating alternatives." ---V. S. Peterson, University of Arizona By tracing out the intersection between the imagined space of the national economy and the gendered construction of "expert" knowledge in development thought, Suzanne Bergeron provides a provocative analysis of development discourse and practice. By elaborating a framework of including/excluding economic subjects and activities in development economics, she provides a rich account of the role that economists have played in framing the contested political and cultural space of development. Bergeron's account of the construction of the national economy as an object of development policy follows its shifting meanings through modernization and growth models, dependency theory, structural adjustment, and contemporary debates about globalization and highlights how intersections of nation and economy are based on gendered and colonial scripts. The author's analysis of development debates effectively demonstrates that critics of development who ignore economists' nation stories may actually bolster the formation they are attempting to subvert. Fragments of Development is essential reading for those interested in development studies, feminist economics, international political economy, and globalization studies

Epistemology · Framing (construction) · Geography · Globalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Gender Studies · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Business · Business & Economics · Development - Economic Development · Development economics · Economic aspects · Economics · Feminist theory · Finance · Moderniteit · Natie · Nation-state · Ontwikkelingseconomie · Philosophy · Sekseverschillen · Social Science