The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith, 4th Edition

In The History of Development, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of  development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in the Western view of history, through  the early stages of the world system, the rise of US hegemony, the supposed triumph of the third world, through to new concerns about the environment and globalization. In two new chapters on the Millennium  Development Goals and post-development thinking, Rist brings the book completely up to date. Throughout,  he argues persuasively that development has been no more than a collective delusion, which in reality has only resulted in widening market relations, despite the good intentions of its advocates.

Lucidly and powerfully written, this new edition is more essential than ever for students and practitioners of development.

• The Anti-Politics Machine: Development, Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho
• Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
• Women And Microcredit In Rural Bangladesh
• Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
• Values in Translation: Human Rights and the Culture of the World Bank (Stanford Studies in Human Rights)
• The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South
• Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda
• Theories of Development, Third Edition: Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives
• Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals
• African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa, Second Edition