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B. Mohan
Development, Poverty of Culture, and Social Policy

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This book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of complex issues, constructs, and interventions that deal with human-social problems with global implications. It posits social development theory and practice in a critically important context challenging the scientific orthodoxy of our times.

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PART I: CULTURE OF DEVELOPMENT Theorizing Poverty of Culture: Requiem for Change Development Delusion Entropy of Developmentalism Politics of Development PART II: THE MIND OF DARKNESS End of the Third World Rise of the Rest Banality of Global Evil The Caste War: Archeology of a Perpetual Conflict PART III: TRANSFORMATIVE POLICY The Ordeal of Reason Inanity of Social Intervention Rethinking of International Social Work Social Practice in a Troubled World New Social Development: A Paradigm Human Rights Today Idioms of Social Change Epilogue: Culture as a Defensive Spider

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Author Brij Mohan: Professor of Social Work, Louisiana State University, USA

Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 218 ● ISBN 9780230117655 ● Tamaño de archivo 1.7 MB ● Editorial Palgrave Macmillan US ● Ciudad New York ● País US ● Publicado 2011 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 4892898 ● Protección de copia DRM social

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