{"product_id":"9781856493888","title":"Autonomous Development Humanising the Landscape:An Excursion into Radical Thinking \u0026 Practice","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAutonomous Development\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHumanising the Landscape:An Excursion into Radical Thinking \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRaff Carmen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Economics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time of widespread disillusion as to what development has in practice done to the lives of hundreds of millions of marginalised people over the past 40 years, this book seeks to reclaim development as a project of people's own autonomous agency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn out of three decades of field experience and working with 'Third World' students, it revisits the primary question of what development ought really to be about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaff Carmen starts from the conviction that development is too important to be left to the developers. He critically examines what has gone on under its name, finding it wanting both as an epistemological category and a sound operational practice. Instead, he presents a counter-view of development as an act of creation whereby people exercise their inalienable right 'to invent their own future' as authors of an ongoing process of transforming and humanising the landscapes they inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaff Carmen is an emeritus professor at the University of Manchester.\u003cbr\u003eRaff Carmen is an emeritus professor at the University of Manchester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 February 1996\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZed Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781856493888\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369291874444,"sku":"9781856493888","price":44.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e3fa6736-bf72-4f2e-8690-5377d5dc4e8b.jpg?v=1783878630","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781856493888","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}