The Violence of Development

Resource Depletion, Environmental Crises and Human Rights Abuses in Central America

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Martin Mowforth ISBN: 9781783710362
Publisher: Pluto Press Publication: March 20, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Martin Mowforth
ISBN: 9781783710362
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication: March 20, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English
This book examines the failure of development in Central America, where despite billions of dollars of development funding and positive indicators of economic growth, poverty remains entrenched and violence endemic.

Martin Mowforth shows how development is predicated on force and systematic violence, through which the world's most powerful governments, financial institutions and companies punish the global south.

Crucially, the analysis in The Violence of Development comes from many development project case studies and over sixty interviews with a range of people in Central America, including nuns, politicians, NGO representatives, trade unionists, indigenous leaders and human rights defenders. This book is a compelling synthesis of first-hand research and development theory.
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This book examines the failure of development in Central America, where despite billions of dollars of development funding and positive indicators of economic growth, poverty remains entrenched and violence endemic.

Martin Mowforth shows how development is predicated on force and systematic violence, through which the world's most powerful governments, financial institutions and companies punish the global south.

Crucially, the analysis in The Violence of Development comes from many development project case studies and over sixty interviews with a range of people in Central America, including nuns, politicians, NGO representatives, trade unionists, indigenous leaders and human rights defenders. This book is a compelling synthesis of first-hand research and development theory.

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