Development betrayed : the end of progress and a coevolutionary revisioning of the future / Richard B. Norgaard.

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Norgaard, Richard B, 1943-

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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 280 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0203012402
9780203012406
9780415068628
0415068622
6610435553
9786610435555
9780203313671
0203313674
9781134915590
1134915594
9781134915637
1134915632
9781134915644
1134915640
1138138428
9781138138421
1280435550
9781280435553

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338.9 22

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HD75 .N67 1994eb

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73.08

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Contents:

1. The Betrayal of Progress -- 2. The Challenge of Sustainability -- 3. Change as a Coevolutionary Process -- 4. A Coevolutionary Environmental History -- 5. The Illusions of Progress -- 6. The Philosophical Roots of the Betrayal -- 7. Two Maladaptive Determinisms -- 8. The Coevolutionary Process Elaborated -- 9. A Coevolutionary Cosmology -- 10. Coevolutionary Lessons from the Amazon -- 11. The Tyranny of Liberal Individualism -- 12. Democratizing Knowledge -- 13. Coevolving Discursive Communities -- 14. A Coevolving Cultural Patchwork Quilt -- 15. Progress Revisioned.

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Summary: Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap between modernity's aspirations and its achievements? Development Betrayed offers a powerful answer to this question. Development with its unshakeable commitment to the idea of progress, is rooted in modernism and has been betrayed by each of its major tenets. Attempts to control nature h.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index.

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Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap between modernity's aspirations and its achievements? Development Betrayed offers a powerful answer to this question. Development with its unshakeable commitment to the idea of progress, is rooted in modernism and has been betrayed by each of its major tenets. Attempts to control nature h.

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