The Discourse of Development: has it reached maturity?

Autor:	Dhammika Herath
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Development Ecological systems theory Epistemology Variety (cybernetics) Fundamental human needs Empirical research Action (philosophy) Prosperity Sociology Social science Meaning (linguistics) media_common
Zdroj:	Third World Quarterly. 30:1449-1464
ISSN:	1360-2241 0143-6597
DOI:	10.1080/01436590903279216
Popis:	Like most other concepts in the social sciences, ‘development’ does not entail a commonly agreed upon meaning, context or programme of action. It is defined in different ways depending on the time, space, context, professional and organisational interests of the one who does the business of defining. The meaning of development has also undergone a remarkable transformation over the course of history from the Enlightenment concept of ‘Progress’ to encompass a great variety of human needs. This paper analyses how the contemporary discourse of development has reached a mature state and how it enables us to understand development in context- and culture-sensitive ways. It is now possible to determine what development means in different settings, and how to bring in material and non-material prosperity to people living in different contexts and cultures. After a theoretical discussion an empirical study in Sri Lanka is presented which attempts to arrive at a more refined context- and culture-sensitive...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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