Reframing international development

Reframing international development

by Nelson W. Keith

1997
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Attempts to theorize contemporary globalization rarely stray beyond variations on old themes of superordination versus subordination. Yet there are many "new definers" of our present global reality - depletion of strategic resources, degradation of our environment, counter-offensives against modernist patterns of thought and action - which suggest that a new framework of global relations is needed. Nelson W. Keith, in his striking new volume, challenges the presumptions upon which western notions of the world have rested and sounds a call to forge a world order more sensitive to all of its representative voices. Reframing International Development will be of great interest to scholars and students interested in globalization issues, irrespective of their disciplines.

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    How does Keith's critique of traditional globalization theories—specifically the dichotomy of superordination versus subordination—challenge your own understanding of how global power is distributed today?

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    In what ways have you personally witnessed the tension between "modernist patterns of thought" and the counter-offensives or alternative worldviews mentioned in the book?

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    Keith highlights resource depletion and environmental degradation as critical "new definers" of our global reality; how do these specific pressures alter the traditional goals of international development as you understand them?

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