Dilemmas of Development Discourse
The Crisis of Developmentalism and the Comparative Method
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3883979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Nederveen Pieterse (0000-0002-4631-3956, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-29 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1991.tb00401.x |
| OpenAlex | W2087456411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 25 |
Developmentalism, or the theory of linear progress, has taken several forms - evolutionism, modernization theory, development thinking - which correlate with different epochs of western hegemony. The comparative method serves as its underpinnings in theoretically incorporating non-western societies into the developmental paradigm. Developmentalism is universalist and ahistorical, teleological and ethnocentric. A discourse of power, it is presented and taken as a recipe for social change. The present crisis of developmentalism is both a crisis of development in the south and a crisis of modernism in the west. In the west, developmentalism is being challenged by new social movements and, in theoretical terms, by postmodernism; in the south, alternative development strategies test the limits of the developmental paradigm. Non-western concepts of modernization have also been developed. This discussion concludes with two queries, one concerning the passage from the bi-polar world of the Cold War to polycentrism, and one with respect to the deconstruction of the west as a prerequisite to the deconstruction of development.If 'development' itself has become a problem, and has sowed the seeds of discontent and ethnic conflict, a corrective to development can only come from other worldviews, other visions
Deconstruction (building) · Developmentalism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Hegemony · Historicism · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,44 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2025 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |